Midnite express truck
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09/02/12 10:53 PM
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Did the truck start out as a warlock? Did it have gold striping inside? My warlock came with a silver dash but has door striping. I'm making a 5.7 hemi version of it. The truck came from Arkansas so it has little rust and factory a/c. This truck was painted with heavy gold metalflake over the black paint at one time but has faded badly. Pic of it tomorrow
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Re: Midnite express truck
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09/03/12 08:27 AM
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Yup. I have a magazine article (Chrysler Power I think) somewhere in my mass of magazines that said they were suppossed to be resprayed when they got to their destination in some type of metal flake paint
Nah, had to be black to begin with. Reproduction door decal is out there. There's room enough for both Warlock/LRE kits on the same truck (except tailgate). I say go for it. I only have 2 regrets with the truck I owned. 1st was restoring it to begin with. 2nd was painting it red.
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Re: Midnite express truck
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09/03/12 09:33 AM
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I have never seen one for sale so I'll make my own. I read they were only sold in California ? They did have stacks.
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Re: Midnite express truck
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09/03/12 10:00 AM
09/03/12 10:00 AM
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just a lrx that got painted black instead of red. all of the codes on it, except the paint code are the same as found on a 78 lil red.
actually, this is incorrect. If this were case then all would have an "S" engine code. They could be had w/any motor, but most i've seen are 440, 400 and 360 in this order. Some have Adv SE int. Any reg option was avail as it was just a conversion. The ones i've seen in person have all the same options you'd find on a warlock but not warlock specific options.
There are many rumors out there. Not enough info from even actual people involved. Seems they started out as dealer created. Not Calif only as Mr Norms were said to have converted some. They have been found all over US, not that theres many. Hard to document as they were conversions.
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Re: Midnite express truck
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09/03/12 11:41 AM
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Let's see some of those trucks. I thought they were only 360 all black LRE trucks with stacks. Only 78 year of truck.
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Re: Midnite express truck
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09/03/12 12:12 PM
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actually, this is incorrect. If this were case then all would have an "S" engine code. They could be had w/any motor, but most i've seen are 440, 400 and 360 in this order. Some have Adv SE int. Any reg option was avail as it was just a conversion. The ones i've seen in person have all the same options you'd find on a warlock but not warlock specific options.
i have seen only two, and one was new in the dealership. both were 360, and both were lrx packaged. rumors about 4 speeds, big blocks and other "options" are always floating around. find one of those with an order sheet, window sticker (monroney) build decal off the bottom of the hood and a door decal and post them. i'm not saying they werent made, but anyone with a black stepside can add some decals and have a midnite express truck. i was going to paint mine black and do a midnite express. in '78 i was looking at dealers for a kitcar, but they didnt have one. looked at the lrx and midnite express, couldnt afford them. i ended up with a 68 hemi charger off the used car lot. i've seen one other midnite express since '78, and that was in jersey in the mid 80's, in east hanover in an industrial park off rt. 10. chatted with owner a bit and his was also a 360 with a full lrx package (door tins, silver instrument panel, chrome stacks, all bedwood, dual snorkel air cleaner with tubes, tuff wheel, etc) and he owned it since new.
if there's a bigger, better version, i'd love to see it. a 440/4 speed midnite would be kickass!! somehow, i dont believe a "real" one will ever be found.
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Re: Midnite express truck
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09/03/12 05:24 PM
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Never said that LRE's were not converted. Just not all ME's are former LRE's. Every truck from 77-80 has a silver bezel when optioned strictly as a Custom or Adv. an Adv SE will have woodgrain bezel and SE door panels. an ME is hard to document as it was not a Dodge production vehicle, so it would not have an option code. So yes, you're correct that any stepside truck could be made into one. Just like any 76-77 can be made into a Warlock and we all know any stepside is a Warlock
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Re: Midnite express truck
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09/03/12 05:27 PM
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Let's see some of those trucks. I thought they were only 360 all black LRE trucks with stacks. Only 78 year of truck.
The first one I'd ever seen and heard about was the one in MCG about 10 or so yrs ago. Had documentation and a 440.
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Re: Midnite express truck
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09/04/12 10:54 AM
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Well, hardly anybody knows what a warlock is, less a red express and even fewer a midnite express. This truck I bought looks silver(was gold metal flake and feels like sandpaper). Its sanded off now. I have the hotwire auto harness, headers, a zex nitrous kit and a small cam to make it rumble a bit. 5 inch stacks too...dont like the little pea shooters the express trucks came with.
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Re: Midnite express truck
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09/04/12 07:57 PM
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As a kid, I remember the dealer in Canaan, CT had two of them. They're actually kind of a sore spot with me because until that MCG article came out, everyone I talked to about them blew me off because they figured I was just some dumb kid that actually saw a Warlock. This dealer had a BUNCH of trucks in '77 and '78. LRE's, Warlocks, Sno-Commanders...... At one point, there were probably 8 or so LRE's parked side by side out front. This would be as close as I got to seeing a new 'musclecar' at the dealer. The two Midnite trucks I saw were just outside the bay doors of the shop one morning. In transit? Already sold? I never saw them after that. This was long before digital pictures, so, no I don't have any pics. Sorry.
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Re: Midnite express truck
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09/06/12 06:31 PM
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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.
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71 Barracuda 383 4spd (500ci) 69 camaro 598, NOS 69 barracuda bbc procharger 77 t/a 6.0 turbo project 78 t/a 400 77 corvette 1983 hurst/olds 03 Viper 79 360 macho 71 demon 360 78 Warlock 5.7 hemi project
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