1978 Dodge Lil Red Express pickup truck barnfind 24k miles all original runs

1978 Dodge Other Pickups Description

Please follow this link to a short walk around video of the truck along with it starting and running.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp2X-LtRB18

We are selling this 1978 Dodge Lil Red Express pickup truck for a close friend. He is onlythe second owner and bought it in 1982 from a Dodge dealership. It had 18k miles when he got it. It now has 24,831ACTUAL miles.These trucks are getting to be pretty hard to find, especially in original, unrestored condition (They are only original once!!) There has never been any sort of restoration done to this truck. It is all original and is in exceptional condition for it's age.Believe it or not, these trucks were the fastest production vehicle from 0-100mph that you could buy in 1978!It has documented maintenance records along with the owners manuals.The truck has been parked inside (at least since 1982) and was never driven in bad weather. I brought it to my shop, put some new gas in it and it fired right up and idles smooth. Ihosed the dust off the truck but did not use any soaps or cleaners as I do not want to really take away from the"barn fresh" vibe thistruck has. I am leaving this as un-touched as possible for the next person to sort out to their liking.This thingis a true survivor. I would encourage the new owners to have it checked out mechanically prior to driving it just to be safe, since it has been sitting for quite a few years. The interior is incredible. I would rate it a 9.5/10. It is perfect with the exception of one small 1" tear on the drivers seat corner that is pretty hard to see. That is the only flaw I could find. All knobs, switches, radio etc. work as they should. All lights work. Only thing not working is the horn. It has been in my shop for a few days now and there are no signs of anything leaking on my floor. The bed looks like nothing has ever been put in it. It has had the exhaust replaced from the manifolds back to the stacks and a new tonneau cover wasmade.These are really the only 2 things I can find that are not factory original. The original tonneau cover hadgotten a tear in itat some point but does come with the truck. I would rate the exterior a 7/10. Thepaint is fair and still shines. Some of the detailed pinstriping has rubbed off a little in certain places but stillvery nice. There are some slightly darker red spots over the trucks paint. Hard to notice until you are pretty close like 2 feet away. I think they are water spots andI believe that someone skilled with a buffer could really bring the paint back to life and that the spots would buff out.There is some black paint flaking off the grille and there is a scratch about 6" long across the bottom of the drivers door and onto the cab corner. It's not really noticeable from 5 feet away. Looking underneath, the frame is very nice and still has almost all of the factory black paint on it. I could not find any rust underneath the cab, bedor the frame. The passenger side front wheel has some slight surface rust. The other 3 are really nice. Wheels are all still shiny and tires are old but have good tread and do not show any signs of dry rot.I would not be afraid to drive on them. Both doors open and shut like a new truck. Windows roll up and down smoothly. All courtesy lights work (even the one in the glove box) All the exterior bed woodis still very nice. It is dull in some places but I think with some TLC it will clean up like new. All in all this is one of the nicest original unrestored vehicles I have ever seen in person and I work on a lot of cars.Clear Ohio title. Truck is located just north of Cincinnati, Ohio.Buyer responsible for pick up / shipping. Truck will not leave the garage until payment has cleared. $500 deposit due within 48hrs of auction ending. Please email with any questions or for additional info.