The 1978 Dodge Lil Red Express is often overlooked in the annals of automotive history, but this unique pickup truck defied expectations by outperforming many contemporaneous muscle cars. With a blend ...

Anyone who’s owned or shopped for a 1978 Dodge Lil Red Express has probably run into the same surprise: it’s often easier to ...

American pickups of the Disco Era were a shadow of their former selves, that’s why Dodge pulled out all the stops to build the world’s first Muscle Truck. Bending the rules often yields impressive ...

Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...

The 1970s saw the bottom drop out of the muscle car craze, and high-performance became a dirty word. Despite this, real work still had to be done in America, and trucks were there to do it. Among them ...

Less than ten years after the climax of the glorious muscle car era, an evil troika of higher fuel prices, additional safety mandates, and skyrocketing insurance rates had effectively laid waste to ...

When the Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck (LRE) hit the market in spring 1978, it was not just another trim package; it was a bold, chrome-laden protest against the performance-breaking environmental ...

Will joined the TopSpeed team over two and a half years ago, bringing his lifelong automotive passion, writing experience, and editorial expertise along with him. Whether classic or modern, American ...

See 12,000 lights, a candy cane fence, stockings and Santa's sleigh, a 1978 Dodge Lil Red Express truck, at 4438 W. Yorkshire Drive in Glendale.