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Re: Midnite express truck [Re: EV2CUDA] #1295987
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Hey sat73, you are one day older than me on moparts!


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Re: Midnite express truck [Re: EV2CUDA] #1295988
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Hey sat73, you are one day older than me on moparts!




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Re: Midnite express truck [Re: 340SHORTY] #1295989
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Hey sat73, you are one day older than me on moparts!




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Re: Midnite express truck [Re: SattyNoCar] #1295990
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Re: Midnite express truck [Re: EV2CUDA] #1295991
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I was hoping someone on moparts owned a documented Midnite express to see an invoice what it would look like to verify such a truck. The truck above would be a clone since its a 77. Nice truck for sure. I hated these thing but have grown on me. SO it was probably only one dealer in Cali that was ordering black trucks and doing a coversion with LRE parts??? Im not clear as to how these were made.
REDRAPTOR:If I lived in Texas I could say we like things bigger! Im a trucker so little stacks are a no-no if you care what you are rolling in.



I know a guy who has one that he bought new with less than 10k on the odometer as what was told to me by a friend
It sits among Hemi,Six Pack & a few Wing cars here in the Kansas City area

Re: Midnite express truck [Re: EV2CUDA] #1295992
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I was under the impression the midnight expresses were an option at several Midwest dealers. This is the first I heard of California. Can someone chime in to clarify?

Re: Midnite express truck [Re: moparmojo] #1295993
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As far as I know they were offered in all states
I saw one when it was new at a Aberdeen MD Dodge dealer so I don't think the Midwest was the only market

Re: Midnite express truck [Re: moparmojo] #1295994
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I don't think they were sold in CA because of smog rules. My bro in-law had to change the carb to reg his LRE in CA.


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Re: Midnite express truck [Re: Justin] #1295995
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So I then understand the midnite express is a dealer installed option? Stacks, bedwood and decals etc. Seems like alot to do. Was it pieced together or a option code or dealer part number?
It is called a express truck so it probably should look like a LRE but black.


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69 barracuda bbc procharger
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78 t/a 400
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1983 hurst/olds
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79 360 macho
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Re: Midnite express truck [Re: EV2CUDA] #1295996
09/30/12 10:45 PM
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Ok, let's throw this Express into the mix, I remember rumors of these

back in 1980....anybody else recollect this story?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Only-one-...=item20cbca22c7

Re: Midnite express truck [Re: Dan Halen] #1295997
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i see a 79 lrx truck. vin says 79, not 80. without a clear picture of the underhood options label and/or buildsheet/window sticker, i just see a repainted truck. just because a magazine runs a spread on a car or truck, doesnt make it so. (ever heard of MCG? )


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Re: Midnite express truck [Re: Golden-Arm] #1295998
09/30/12 11:04 PM
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"The auction will include the documents confirming this as a S-code little express truck with PX8 blue paint and also the other info about the truck"

Do the Express trucks have a fender tag with the option codes or

just the door sticker and under hood stickers?

I remember the magazine reports in late '79 that there were to be

other color Express' but didn't recollect until I saw the ad.

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Re: Midnite express truck [Re: Dan Halen] #1295999
09/30/12 11:22 PM
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I remember reading a story that there were 2 1980 LREs built in Canadian garb and sold up there...

Re: Midnite express truck [Re: 300maximilien] #1296000
10/01/12 07:43 AM
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FWIW, It I recall reading a few years back that the original Midnite Express trucks were credited as being the brain child of Mr Norms GSD. The story goes that he would order a black Warlock (which could be had with any engine) then the parts department would order the factory wood kit and exhaust for a LRE. Throw those on and add a custom door decal, and you have a ME. The idea was picked up by a few other dealers (mostly Midwest). Who knows, without the original paperwork form the dealer it would be impossible to verify the originality.


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Re: Midnite express truck [Re: Mike P] #1296001
10/01/12 09:37 AM
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IIRC there was an orange blossom express that had the LRE package with an orange paint job. for the south eastern area dealers. still one that runs around central FL.I see it every blue moon or so.

seen a few MNE around here in FL,grew up knowing a guy with a 440 warlock,even have a few LRE truck in my area.

seen what looked like a real LRE on hwy50/brooksville last yr,looks like it had sat in a yard for a lot of yrs to have all that patina on it.

i dig them if they are real ones and dig them if they are made up clones of ones that never was.

for me?? I want a plane jane stock stepside,warlock,LRE,MNE,OBE, and of course my 88-440 king bee

2 out of 6 so far

I am doing and orange/Black stepside next

Re: Midnite express truck [Re: Dan Halen] #1296002
10/01/12 01:53 PM
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just a decal under the hood, with a 4 digit paint code. could be legit, but without the original decal, or other original paperwork it's just a lrx.


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Re: Midnite express truck [Re: scratchnfotraction] #1296003
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IIRC there was an orange blossom express that had the LRE package with an orange paint job. for the south eastern area dealers. still one that runs around central FL.I see it every blue moon or so.






If you ever get a chance, take a picture of it. There was a thread here with all the 70s truck packages but the illusive "Orange Blossom Special" as it was called in the thread, was only a rumor with no confirmation.

I just went back to look at the thread. I had saved the link but the thread no longer exists.


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Re: Midnite express truck [Re: Soopernaut] #1296004
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IIRC there was an orange blossom express that had the LRE package with an orange paint job. for the south eastern area dealers. still one that runs around central FL.I see it every blue moon or so.






If you ever get a chance, take a picture of it. There was a thread here with all the 70s truck packages but the illusive "Orange Blossom Special" as it was called in the thread, was only a rumor with no confirmation.

I just went back to look at the thread. I had saved the link but the thread no longer exists.




this one has a set of decals like a LRE truck,wood,pin stripes,chrome mags,stacks.

just had orange blossom express on doors and gate. dont recall it being OBSpecial though.

yea I always try to catch up with that truck when I see it.

Re: Midnite express truck [Re: EV2CUDA] #1296005
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So any info yet on the Midnight express trucks? I have never seen one in person.
Another truck rumoured to have been built were 318 powered Red Expresses. The story is that they they were sold by the same dealer in Edmonton that sold the 71 Swinger 340 Specials. I can't verify it, although years ago I stopped to look at a 78 Dodge that was gassing up. It looked just like my Lil Red Express that I was driving but it had no stacks, but did have the chrome steps with no holes for the pipes. Maybe it was one of the Edmonton trucks but I'll never know

Re: Midnite express truck [Re: demon] #1296006
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