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Re: Midnite express truck
[Re: EV2CUDA]
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09/06/12 05:35 PM
09/06/12 05:35 PM
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Oh Canada
EV2CUDA
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Hey sat73, you are one day older than me on moparts!
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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Re: Midnite express truck
[Re: EV2CUDA]
#1295991
09/08/12 05:52 PM
09/08/12 05:52 PM
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Back home in PA
BulletBob
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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
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Re: Midnite express truck
[Re: moparmojo]
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09/12/12 08:23 PM
09/12/12 08:23 PM
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So Cal
Justin
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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.
Justin
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Re: Midnite express truck
[Re: Justin]
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09/27/12 10:54 AM
09/27/12 10:54 AM
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Oh Canada
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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.
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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Re: Midnite express truck
[Re: Dan Halen]
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09/30/12 09:52 PM
09/30/12 09:52 PM
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Sunny South Florida
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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 10:04 PM
09/30/12 10:04 PM
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Harm City Md.
Dan Halen
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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. I hate scammers but you never know sometimes  .
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Re: Midnite express truck
[Re: 300maximilien]
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10/01/12 06:43 AM
10/01/12 06:43 AM
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Mike P
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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.
1957 Plymouth (Hemi, Dual Quads, A833 4 Speed 9 1/4 w 4.10) Sold
1937 Dodge Pickup (Hemi, 6X2 intake, 46RH, Dana 60 w 4.56) Sold
1968 Plymouth Valiant 2dr sedan (354 HEMI, 46RH w/4.30 gears) under construction
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Re: Midnite express truck
[Re: Mike P]
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10/01/12 08:37 AM
10/01/12 08:37 AM
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Florida
scratchnfotraction
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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 
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Re: Midnite express truck
[Re: Soopernaut]
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10/01/12 03:44 PM
10/01/12 03:44 PM
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Florida
scratchnfotraction
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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. 
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