Ric,

Dodge Truck Division was competing for the truck market, which was the least restricted (emissions mainly), and last, performance vehicles of that era. Unfortunately, Dodge was mainly interested in selling trucks, rather than keeping track of dealers (which is evidenced by Dodge's lack of archival information for their trucks. Production numbers for any performance truck other than LRE are unavailable). In fact, Dodge still disputes the fact that they offered Warlocks in 1976, and maintains they didn't officially offer them until 1977 (which may be true since they were dealer optioned). So, you actually find very few of the special performance trucks with adequate documentation to prove this is what they were (Warlock, Midnight Express, Orange Blossom, etc.). In other words, certain dealers came up with some neat ideas that weren't really restricted, or backed fully, by Dodge. Hope this helps.