It’s definitely a LRT. No it’s not factory paint. I looked at it after the previous owner painted it. Let’s just say he got behind some bars for a few years & the truck suffered sitting outside.
Yea I tried to buy it 15 plus years ago. It was sitting in the guys back yard then freshly painted & stripped down. Water standing in it from a recent rain & he wouldn’t sell. He had several cool old cars. Since then many he sent to the crusher when he needed a few bucks.Sad what happens to vehicles. Lot of work a head of you. Wish you luck and post pics when possible. Hope you can save it.
You have a rare truck there. It would be a shame not to fix them up. Keep us posted on what you do with them.
Smart move, 2,200 78s. And 5,000 or more 79s IIRC
Plus, the '78 trucks had no cats on them. The '79 trucks do.
Yep. The same man behind the hemi was handed the rule book and said find every loophole. Vehicles with GVWR of 6,000lbs or more were exempt from emissions. So drop in a police interceptor 360 with a 340 cam, and presto, fastest production vehicle in 78 and even 79 with the emissions.
The 78 had a 68 340 spec camshaft, a double roller timing chain, the 800 cfm Carter fireball theromquad carb,with not cats or air pump. They also had a loadflght 727 transmission with a higher stall speed torque converter. The internals were like a Hemi torqueflight,with the 4 gear planetary and heavy duty clutches. A 9 1/4 rear axle with 3.55 gears completed the performance part of the package. It was a pretty hot setup for 78. The prototype Little Red Express Truck also had W2 heads and adjustable rocker arms too,but those were nixed from the production versions. 2188 were built.
Chrysler called the E58 a Police Spec engine if you want to really get technical! LolE58 is the engine code of you want be picky
WOW! Close call
