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  this is one of the three sandboxes where would be collaborators can play around with their formatting until it looks right -- and then add it to the
 
  article they want to improve. Newbies are really encouraged to use one of the sandboxes to play around in (below this text), and delete when finished
 
  article they want to improve. Newbies are really encouraged to use one of the sandboxes to play around in (below this text), and delete when finished
 
  they other sandboxes are [[Sandbox-A]] & [[Sandbox-C]]. Delete your text when finished, and use another sandbox if there is text in this one.
 
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;Little Red Express
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[[Image:Lilred-jan11-a.jpg|thumb|350px|1978 Lil Red Express]]
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The Last American Hot Rod to roll off the assembly line in the late 1970s.78 Lil' Red Truck
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[[Dodge]] released the Lil' Red Express Truck In 1978 it was one of the most unique Dodge trucks that had ever been produced. The Lil' Red Express was not only a real looker but these trucks were also real performers also. In 1978 The Dodge Lil' Red Express was the fastest American made vehicle from 0 to 100 MPH as tested by Car and Driver magazine.
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Because of a loophole in the emissions regulations the 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's did not have [[catalytic converters]], what the Lil' Red Express did have was a special High Performance 360 C.I.  4-barrel small block engine code (EH1) which was a modified version of the 360 police engine (E58) producing 225 net horsepower @ 3800 RPM. The package also included [[Hemi]] style mufflers with a crossover pipe breathing through 2 chrome stacks located behind the cab, a special 727 transmission and 3.55:1 rear gearing.
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The 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck rode on GR60x15 raised white letter tires on 7-inch Chrome wheels up front and LR60x15 on 8-inch chrome wheels on the rear and there was no spare included. All 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's were automatics the interiors were available with a standard bench seat in red or black or with optional buckets and a fold down arm/rest console which was available both years. 1978 and some early 1979 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's used the "tuff" steering With the success of the 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck production of the 1979 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's was increased to 5,118. Most of the features remained unchanged for 1979 however there was some changes which included a catalytic converter, unleaded gas, 85 MPH speedometer.
  
The Big Red Ram is a [[race car]] that has been modified to race in the [[Nostalgia Super Stock]] [[class]] of [[drag Racing]]. It is part of the [[MoparStyle Racing Team]], owned by [[DDS Enterprises, Inc.]], and currently driven by [[Dallas Schultz]]. It is campaigned in the [[NMCA's Points Series]], where the driver running it has never been less than 4th place since 2008.
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[[Image:163 0501 readersride+1979 20z dodge lil red express pickup+left.jpg|thumb|350px|1979 LRE]]
  
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'''Model Predecessor'''
  
== History ==
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1976-78 [[Dodge]] [[Warlock]] Truck
  
=== Prior to 2002 ===
 
[[MoparStyle]] member [[User:Big Jim|Big Jim]] Marsh bought the car in 1999 from the person in Ohio who built the car a few years earlier, and raced it in the Phoenix, Arizona area. It was a mid-11 second car with a 451 [[Low Deck]] motor, and a [[transbrake]] on a basic 727 transmission. The rear suspension was a [[Dana 60]] supported by a pair of [[leaf springs]]. It was a very basic -- albeit good looking, weekend [[bracket racing]] car.
 
  
=== 2002 - 2003 ===
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'''Model Successor''''
[[Image:Rd102003air.jpg|thumb|250px|Big Red Ram -- before it was Big Red Ram]]
 
[[Dave Schultz]] bought the car in late 2002 and race it on weekends (pretty much unchanged) through October 2003.
 
  
=== 2003 - 2005 ===
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1990-1992 Lil' Red Express Dakota by L.E.R Industries
In September 2003, Dave brought his [{Texas Big Bird]] [[ProMod]] car to the [[Monster Mopar Weekend]], and got his first experience of Nostalgia Super Stock racing. After speaking with [[Dave Duell]], who was the NSS coordinator, Dave found out that his 65 Coronet was a legal body style for NSS Racing. Upon returning home from "The Monster" he started looking into what was needed. On the [[NMCA]] forum he met up with[[User:Fugly| Damon Kuhn]] who suggest Dave bring the car to his shop Texas Thunder Performance in Frisco, Texas. He did so in October and met Damon and his partner Mark Artis.  
 
  
After a long discussion, Dave decided to allow Mark to [[back-half]] the car with [[ladder bars]], Ford 9" rear end; install [[Jerico]] [[4-speed]] transmission, [[Bonifante]] [[clutch]], and a 540CI engine built by Damon Kuhn; and perform all of the body work. The car remained with Mark Artis until just before the 2005 Monster Mopar weekend. The 2005 Monster was its first outing, and the last race for Dave Duell, who died that December. As a matter of fact, the Big Red Ram was the car behind Dave Duell for his very last pass down the track.
 
  
The car made it to the semis at the Lonestar Shootout in November 2005.
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'''Related Models'''
[[Image:2005Monster01.jpg|thumb|250px|Big Red Ram prior to being named and acquiring the graphics.]]
 
[[Image:Ls2007a.jpg|thumb|250px|Big Red Ram 2005 at the Lonestar Shootout]]
 
  
=== 2006 - 2010 ===
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* [[Warlock]]
[[Image:Cfxchamp.jpg|thumb|250px|Class Champ at the 2006 Monster Mopar Weekend]]
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* [[Midnite Express Truck]]
[[Image:12-08DSC01398.JPG|thumb|250px|Parachute Added]]
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* [[True Spirit]]
[[Image:Brr0508inside3.jpg|thumb|250px]]
 
[[Image:Brr0508engine3.jpg|thumb|250px]]
 
[[Image:12-08DSC01406.JPG|thumb|250px|New shifter, seats, and steering]]
 
Dave Schultz raced the Big red Ram in the [[Texas Outsider's]] series in 2006 and 2007. He ran the car in the 2006 and 2007 Dave Duell Classic (the NSS race at the Monster -- now named in honor of Dave Duell) -- winning the the C/FX class in 2006. The one problem with the car was that it was a handful to keep straight down the track, with no one being able to tell me why, or would blame the driver.
 
  
In October 2007, Dave ran in his first NMCA event -- the Nationals at Memphis, where he lost in the Semis to [[Doug Duell]] (Dave's son) -- but lost when the fuel pump gave up on the launch. Dave ran the complete series in the Big Red Ram in 2008 and 2009 -- finishing 4th in points for both years.
 
  
In 2008, the car went back to Texas Thunder for an interior update and transmission swap.
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'''Competition'''
  
At the end of the 2009 season, Dave pulled the motor in favor of a new 580 CI built by [[Diamondback Engines]]. A week before the first NMCA race for 2010 the car still wasn't ready, so Dave bought the [[Vitamin C]] car from the owner in New Mexico, and raced it. When the Big Red Ram was ready for its first race, it was taken to the [[Mopars on the Plex]] in Ennis, TX. On the first pass it broke two of the [[Jesel]] [[roller rocker]]s, forcing Dave to have to again run the Vitamin C for the second NMCA Race. Two more attempts to run the Big Red Ram found timing problems -- ultimately found to be connected to a bad distributor. Out of frustration, and because the Vitamin C was more dependable and ran straighter -- Dave gave up running the Big Red Ram, and ran the Vitamin C until his new car ( the [[Texas Whale]] was ready.
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*Ford F-Series Trucks(For 1978 & 1979)
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*Chevrolet Full Size Trucks (For 1978 & 1979)
  
=== 2011 ===
 
Dave's son Dallas moved up to the NSS class from[[NMC]] in 2010, running a black 65 Coronet of Dave's called [[Texas Black Magic]]. It ran the 540 that was previous in the Big Red Ram, but stroked to 572. However, that motor never ran as good as it did as a 540, and had a constant oil leak (only when raced under a load) that could never be located, and would break up at 6000 RPM. The entire 2010 year was wasted for Dallas and he was so frustrated he considered giving up racing. We had the engine torn down over the winter of 2010 and the problems corrected -- but the motor still never ran as good as it should have in the first half of 2011. So a decision was made to completely rebuild the Big Red Ram.
 
  
Indy Cylinder Heads was contracted to build a motor identical to the motor they built for Dave's friend, Doug Duell; and the car was dropped off at the chassis shop Doug used -- RBC Race Craft. At RBD -- a variety of chassis and safety problems were found -- and required the entire ladder bar set up and Ford 9" rear end getting pulled and replaced. The car was also converted to an automatic with a transmission from A&A, converter from ATI, shifter by PPP, and drive-shaft by Victory. Because so much had to be done to the car -- it was not ready for the first two NMCA races of 2012 -- and Dallas had to continue running Texas Black Magic.
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'''Body Styles'''
  
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*Regular Cab, Step Side, Short Box Only
  
=== 2012 - Present ===
 
  
[[Image:486541 3482328372672 1935484895 n.jpg|thumb|250px|2012 in Bowling Green for the Dave Duell CLassic]]
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==== 2012 ====
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*Li'l Red Truck Pkg. (YH6)
Big Red Ram made its first debut at the third NMCA race in Budd's Creek, MD in April 2012. On the very first pass Dallas made in it it did a 9.40 @ 145 -- his fastest pass ever. However the car appeared to be acting like it was leaning out at 6500 RPM. Speaking to Indy, they said run it up to 6800 the next pass. Dallas did run it to 6800 and the problem appeared to go away. The next morning, the motor locked up tighter than a drum on the morning warm up. Pulling the motor found a spun #6 bearing. The motor had to be torn down, the Callies crank reconditioned, and two new rods. It was ready for the next race in Joliet, IL
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*Equipment Sales Code 1978 Code Description Sales Code 1979 Code Description
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*Bright front bumper MD2 Chrome bumper
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*Bright rear bumper MD3 Chrome bumper
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*Exterior paint color PY3442 Bright Canyon Red PY3450 Medium Canyon Red
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*G.V.W. YW4 6100 pounds YW4 6050 pounds
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*360 cubic inch 4BBL V8 EH1 High Performance EH1 High Performance
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*Automatic transmission (required) FA3 A-727
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*Loadflight FA0 A-727
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*Oil Gauage LB2 Electric Analog LB2 Electric Analog
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*Rear Axle AV2 3.55:1 AV2 3.55:1
  
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:[[Image:ZHMMmagnum28.jpg|thumb|300px|Dave's 78 Magnum]]
  
===== Driver =====
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BK (short for Big Kahuna -- a name friends gave him back in the early 90s) is the [[Administrator]] of [[MoparStyle]], which he started in 2001. He's a semi-retired business executive/owner who now spends with his family, [[drag racing]], and maintaining a slew of web sites and a gaggle of [[collector cars]].
[[Dallas Schultz]]
 
  
===== Competition/Events =====
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'''Childhood'''
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Eldest of five boys and three girls who grew up in poverty living in a 2 bedroom apartment. Born in Michigan, but moved to Texas in 1961. Moved again to New Jersey in 1966, New York in 1970, and back to Texas after completion of Military service. Grew up with very little supervision, as his family was so large. His father always worked three minimum wage jobs concurrently, and his mother was too overwhelmed to keep up with all of the kids by herself -- so Dave pretty much grew up on the streets -- getting into a lot of trouble with the law as a kid. He always had a job of some type as a kid, from paper routes to washing dishes.
  
====== MIR - Maryland ======
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'''Education'''
* Spun #6 rod bearing after the 1st Qualifying run -- couldn't not make an Elimination pass.
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He was a D/F student until leaving high school by mutual agreement at 16. Later attended various colleges in the evenings under the GI Bill, with a focus on business and computer science
  
====== Route 66 - Illinois ======
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'''Military Service'''
* Made it to the Semis.
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Dave enlisted in the USAF in 1972, shortly after turning 17, and was the youngest to be serving at the time he arrived to Basic Training in San Antonio, Texas. He spent three years active duty driving trucks, and exchanged his last year active for two years Active Reserves (under Palace Chase) to teach others to drive trucks. Dave spent the next ten years attending college in the evenings under the GI Bill. He is a service connected Vietnam Era disabled Veteran.
  
====== [[Dave Duell Classic]] - Kentucky ======
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'''Employment Career'''
* Won the Saturday night FX Class
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After he completed his military service, he (in order) drove taxi, Tractor-trailer, and dump truck; laid blacktop, roofed, and repo'd vacuum cleaners; was a bill collector, a carpet cleaning salesman, and a draftsman; a postage equipment repairman, a mailroom equipment salesman, and a computer repairman; a computer salesman, Executive VP of two large collection agencies, and owned a collections agency; owned a distress debt buying business, a software company, and a web hosting company; owned an race engine building company, and he now designs web sites. Dave and his eldest son (Dallas) recently started a Motorcycle Tour business by the name of Texas Motorcycle Excursions.
* Broke out in first round of Sunday's big show
 
  
====== Milan - Michigan ======
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'''Favorite Quote'''
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A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage.
  
====== Indy - Indiana ======
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'''Favorite Mopar'''
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* 65 Chrysler 300L Convertible 4-speed
  
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'''Favorite Movie'''
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* Casablanca
  
== Current Technical Details ==
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'''Favorite Book'''
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* Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
  
=== Yr/Make/Model ===
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'''Favorite Recent TV Series'''
* 1965 [[Dodge]] [[Coronet 500]]
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* Deadwood
  
=== Body ===
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'''Favorite TV Show as a kid'''
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* Sky King
  
==== Fiber glass====
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'''Favorite Song'''
* Bumpers
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* Highway Patrolman - Johnny Cash
* Hood
 
* Front Fenders
 
* Decklid
 
* Doors
 
  
==== Lexan ====
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'''Favorite Singer'''
* Windshield
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* Willie Nelson
* Back Window
 
* All Side Windows
 
  
=== Engine ===
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'''Favorite Band'''
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* Pink Floyd
  
* 540CI [[Wedge]] motor built by [[Indy Cylinder Head]].
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'''Favorite Album'''
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* Dark Side of the Moon
  
==== Block ====
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'''Favorite Sports Team'''
* Indy aluminum Maxx [[Wet Block]]
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* Houston Rockets
  
==== Heads & Rockers ====
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'''Favorite Charity'''
* Indy [[440-1]] [[CNC]] [[heads]] and [[T&D Machine]] [[Roller Rockers]]
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* Victory Junction
  
==== Intake & Carbs ====
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'''Favorite President'''
* Indy NSS [[Max Wedge]] [[Rat Roaster]] style [[Intake Manifold]]
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* Ronald Reagan
* Two 4bbl [[Edelbrock]] [[AFB]] 750 [[CFM]] [[Carburetors]] tuned by Mr. Aruba
 
  
=== Transmission/Converter/Shifter ===
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'''Least Favorite President'''
* [[A&A Transmissions]] [[Rollerized]] [[727]] [[transmission]], with aluminum [[front drum]], and [[Griner]] [[foot-brake]] [[valve body]]
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* [http://www.chairmanobama.com Chairman Obama]
* [[ATI]] Tree Master 8" [[Torque Convertor]]
 
* [[PPP]] [[Shifter]]
 
  
=== Chassis ===
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'''I'd like to party hard all night with'''
Chassis work was performed by Mat Wright at BRC Racecraft in Newburgh, In.
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* Alice Cooper or Willie Nelson
* [[Ladder bar]] (replaced 2011)
 
* Coil over [[AFCO]] [[shocks]] in back (replaced 2011)
 
* AFCO Shocks in front (replaced 2012)
 
* Strange 9" [[Rear Housing]] (replaced 2011)
 
* [[Strange]] [[Axles]] and [[Wiilwood Brakes]]
 
* Strange [[chunk]] with steel [[spool]] and 4.56 [[Richmond Gears]] [[Ring and Pinion Gear]]
 
* Victory Drive Shaft (replaced 2012)
 
  
=== Other ===
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'''Biggest Babe Ever'''
* [[TTI Exhaust]] [[headers]]
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* Vivien Leigh
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=== Weight ===
 
* 3100 pounds with 200 pound driver
 
  
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* C/FX Champ - 2006 1st Dave Duell Classic
 
* [[Top Qualifier]] - 2008 Mopars At The Motorplex
 
* 4th in Championship Points for [[NSS]] Class for NMCA in 2008
 
* 4th in Championship Points for [[NSS]] Class for NMCA in 2009
 
* FX Champ - 2012 6th Dave Duell Classic
 
  
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:We are looking for a volunteer with Administrator and programmer experience to help out with the the administration of the MoparWiki web site.
  
[[Image:MIR-Twins.jpg|thumb|250px|Class Champ at the 2006 Monster Mopar Weekend]]
 
  
== [[References]] ==
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* [[Mopar Essentials]] - June 2008
 
  
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:[[Plymouth]]
* [http://www.bigredram.com Big Red Ram]
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* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fans-of-Big-Red-Ram-NSS-Race-Team/112151822146371 Big Red Ram Fan Page on Facebook]
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:[[Lil Red Express]]
* [http://www.competitionplus.com/index.php/drag-racing/news/13820-the-musclecar-is-alive-and-well-at-the-nmca Big Red Ram on Competition Plus Magazine]
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:[[Magnum]]
* [http://www.bigredram.com/PDF/DaveSchultz-FSC-Feature5-2010.pdf Old Hippie, Keeper of the Flame - Featuring Big Red Ram]
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* [http://www.nss-racing.com NSS Racing Rules]
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:[[Walter P. Chrysler]]
* [http://www.conservativeoldhippie.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=50 NSS Forums]
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:[[Richard Petty]]
* [http://www.nssracing.ning.com NSS Racing Photos]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsRBeaem_Eg Wheels Up]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMNHiAtSOls&feature=related In Car Video 1]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2u9dZDA1Kw&feature=related In Car Video 2]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARCyQnw9-iE 9.4 on the T&T]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLsjApQ6sbo Against Texas Thunder]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bysz4GpC_9s Against She's Furious]
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:[[‎Demon]]
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:[[Dave Duell]]
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Little Red Express
1978 Lil Red Express


History:

The Last American Hot Rod to roll off the assembly line in the late 1970s.78 Lil' Red Truck

Dodge released the Lil' Red Express Truck In 1978 it was one of the most unique Dodge trucks that had ever been produced. The Lil' Red Express was not only a real looker but these trucks were also real performers also. In 1978 The Dodge Lil' Red Express was the fastest American made vehicle from 0 to 100 MPH as tested by Car and Driver magazine.

Because of a loophole in the emissions regulations the 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's did not have catalytic converters, what the Lil' Red Express did have was a special High Performance 360 C.I. 4-barrel small block engine code (EH1) which was a modified version of the 360 police engine (E58) producing 225 net horsepower @ 3800 RPM. The package also included Hemi style mufflers with a crossover pipe breathing through 2 chrome stacks located behind the cab, a special 727 transmission and 3.55:1 rear gearing.

The 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck rode on GR60x15 raised white letter tires on 7-inch Chrome wheels up front and LR60x15 on 8-inch chrome wheels on the rear and there was no spare included. All 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's were automatics the interiors were available with a standard bench seat in red or black or with optional buckets and a fold down arm/rest console which was available both years. 1978 and some early 1979 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's used the "tuff" steering With the success of the 1978 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck production of the 1979 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck's was increased to 5,118. Most of the features remained unchanged for 1979 however there was some changes which included a catalytic converter, unleaded gas, 85 MPH speedometer.

1979 LRE

Model Predecessor

1976-78 Dodge Warlock Truck


Model Successor'

1990-1992 Lil' Red Express Dakota by L.E.R Industries


Related Models


Competition

  • Ford F-Series Trucks(For 1978 & 1979)
  • Chevrolet Full Size Trucks (For 1978 & 1979)


Body Styles

  • Regular Cab, Step Side, Short Box Only


Technical:

  • Li'l Red Truck Pkg. (YH6)
  • Equipment Sales Code 1978 Code Description Sales Code 1979 Code Description
  • Bright front bumper MD2 Chrome bumper
  • Bright rear bumper MD3 Chrome bumper
  • Exterior paint color PY3442 Bright Canyon Red PY3450 Medium Canyon Red
  • G.V.W. YW4 6100 pounds YW4 6050 pounds
  • 360 cubic inch 4BBL V8 EH1 High Performance EH1 High Performance
  • Automatic transmission (required) FA3 A-727
  • Loadflight FA0 A-727
  • Oil Gauage LB2 Electric Analog LB2 Electric Analog
  • Rear Axle AV2 3.55:1 AV2 3.55:1
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Dave's 78 Magnum

BK (short for Big Kahuna -- a name friends gave him back in the early 90s) is the Administrator of MoparStyle, which he started in 2001. He's a semi-retired business executive/owner who now spends with his family, drag racing, and maintaining a slew of web sites and a gaggle of collector cars.

Childhood Eldest of five boys and three girls who grew up in poverty living in a 2 bedroom apartment. Born in Michigan, but moved to Texas in 1961. Moved again to New Jersey in 1966, New York in 1970, and back to Texas after completion of Military service. Grew up with very little supervision, as his family was so large. His father always worked three minimum wage jobs concurrently, and his mother was too overwhelmed to keep up with all of the kids by herself -- so Dave pretty much grew up on the streets -- getting into a lot of trouble with the law as a kid. He always had a job of some type as a kid, from paper routes to washing dishes.

Education He was a D/F student until leaving high school by mutual agreement at 16. Later attended various colleges in the evenings under the GI Bill, with a focus on business and computer science

Military Service Dave enlisted in the USAF in 1972, shortly after turning 17, and was the youngest to be serving at the time he arrived to Basic Training in San Antonio, Texas. He spent three years active duty driving trucks, and exchanged his last year active for two years Active Reserves (under Palace Chase) to teach others to drive trucks. Dave spent the next ten years attending college in the evenings under the GI Bill. He is a service connected Vietnam Era disabled Veteran.

Employment Career After he completed his military service, he (in order) drove taxi, Tractor-trailer, and dump truck; laid blacktop, roofed, and repo'd vacuum cleaners; was a bill collector, a carpet cleaning salesman, and a draftsman; a postage equipment repairman, a mailroom equipment salesman, and a computer repairman; a computer salesman, Executive VP of two large collection agencies, and owned a collections agency; owned a distress debt buying business, a software company, and a web hosting company; owned an race engine building company, and he now designs web sites. Dave and his eldest son (Dallas) recently started a Motorcycle Tour business by the name of Texas Motorcycle Excursions.

Favorite Quote A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage.

Favorite Mopar

  • 65 Chrysler 300L Convertible 4-speed

Favorite Movie

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Favorite Book

  • Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

Favorite Recent TV Series

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Favorite TV Show as a kid

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Favorite Singer

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Favorite Album

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Least Favorite President

I'd like to party hard all night with

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