While not as iconic as the Ford F-Series from the era, the third-generation Dodge D Series is famous for quite a few things. For starters, it remained in production for a whopping 22 years (1971-1993) ...

The 1978 Dodge Lil’ Red Express arrived at a moment when performance was supposed to be dead, yet it managed to outrun the era’s most vaunted sports cars and muscle machines. Instead of quietly ...

In the 1970s, Americans still looked to long-hood coupes and low sports cars when they talked about speed. Names like Corvette , Trans Am, and Camaro carried the glory from the muscle era into a ...

It looks we'll soon be seeing a modern interpretation of the 1978-1979 Dodge Lil' Red Express truck. The original truck was part of Dodge Trucks's "adult toy" promotion that included a few other ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jim Fannin Sr. has always considered the Li'l Red Express Truck -- a sporty pickup with chrome exhaust pipes rising behind the cab and oak paneling along the bed -- to be the ultimate ride. Fannin ...

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 OPEC oil crisis in 1973 profoundly impacted the car industry (via NPR). Gasoline rationing forced automakers to shift from land yachts to more efficient vehicles. Events around this same time, ...