Remember These? 10 Trucks with Monster Performance Straight From the Factory
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In this we video, we explore the timeline of the muscle truck where Chevrolet, Ford, GMC and Dodge battled mightily for dominance over the years for the quickest truck around. Let's travel back a few decades and look at how the muscle truck niche began, how it evolved and where we’re at today with a look at the quickest factory muscle trucks ever produced.
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00:00 Intro
00:51 Dodge Lil Red Express
02:17 Dodge Dakota Shelby
03:23 Chevrolet 454 SS
04:45 GMC Syclone
05:57 Ford SVT Lightining 1st Gen
07:17 Ford SVT Lightining 2nd Gen
08:29 Dodge Ram SRT-10
09:40 Ford F150 Raptor
11:17 Ram 1500 TRX
12:37 Outro
My best friend worked at a Dodge dealership in the late 70's....called me up at 9am on a Saturday to come over to the dealership....on a Saturday!?. He insisted, I went. I pulled up, and there he was doing burnouts across the parking lot in a Li'l Red Express truck. I got to do a couple of passes. Fast forward 25yrs, he's got his own 40'x40' garage with a twin post lift doing detail and custom work on Mopar show cars. His own project was fully restoring a Li'l Red Express truck, along with replacing the stock 360 with a 440six-pack; had to use exhaust manifolds off a '68 Imperial to get it to fit. Traded it at a car show for a 40ft year-old RV😮
The little red express truck is my favorate truck it is the best
Me as well, when I was young I never cared for trucks, but the Lil Red Express was something special! Always dreamed of owning one!
I had a cyclone. I drove the hell outta that thing. Then I got my first Dakota. I have 2 with a 3rd in my garage being turned into a diesel drag truck
Back in 1979, a Chicago Country Radio station had a contest where you called in, guessing the exact price to the penny to win...I worked at a printing company and lots of the pressman had their radios tuned to this particular station..One fellow actually kept really good track of the guesses people phoned in and he WON the truck!! It was too cool for me..He was in his 50s at the time and I was 22. ...To me, it was Fantastic.
I miss my 72 Chevy stepside. 350-300hp with 4 speed and added goodies and stacks. It was a screamer. Out ran a little express stock on the track. Fun memories
The first generation Ford Lightnings are my favorite. They were produced from 1993 through 1995.
The Ram SRT10 was an awesome truck that came standard with a 6-speed manual transmission borrowed from the Viper
As outrageous as muscle trucks have got over the years, they're also become outrageously priced. I wouldn't mind having a SRT10 though!
and a Raptor R for me
In 1991 I bought a brand new Chevy 454SS pickup. I will tell you first hand, the engine felt like a 305. In other words, the truck had absolutely no power. In my opinion, the engine was strangled with emission devices and simply couldn't breathe (intake and exhaust). I would periodically raise the hood to make sure there was a 454 under there, but that didn't change the fact that the truck was a pig. I also had several issues with it. In 1990 (I believe it's introduction), the truck had a turbo 400 transmission. In 1991 they put, I was told, the electronic transmission that was in the Corvette. One day while driving home from work (had about 10k miles on truck), the truck wouldn't shift out of first gear; so me and my "hotrod" truck drove all the way home at 35MPH! That issue, coupled with having no power, led me to sell it shortly thereafter. As far as Ford v Chevy, I hate to say Ford's Lightning pickup mopped the streets with the 454SS. Along with the Lightning, everyone knew the Syclone and Typhoon were the big boys on the block.
there where two of the dodge lil red express trucks in my home town when i was young cool old trucks for being a factory build
My uncle Jim Cable had a Dodge like that. He just passed away a month ago and God bless his soul also, he rolled Harleys Davison.🇺🇸
Any chance he's from the Ozark area? my last name is cable but I don't really know anyone else with the name cable since my dad died when I was very young and my mom didn't really know anybody of my dads family
My 76 stepside short bed Chevy is definitely a muscle truck. 454, 4 speed, 3.73 positrac... In the 90s, it was built up with 12 inch wide wheels, 295/50s on all 4 corners, .30 over in the 454 with flat top Pistons, cam, Holley intake, headers, ported heads... It's more torque than you need in a short bed truck. Definitely fun
Saw a lil red express yesterday, Classic
I was a Dodge salesman in 1978 I sold a little red express window sticker was $8800 dodge offered a $2000 rebate so my customer paid $6600 boy have times changed
They should have produced the Warlock for longer than they did.
3 buddies whiped a lil red express right out, they hit an approach and stopped dead flipping end for end on the roof and they didn’t walk away in good shape
I owned a 79 Chevy stepside truck with a 350/ 4 barrel that although never billed as a muscle truck, ran like a scalded ape. If you were on a wet road you had to be careful making a left hand turn or you would end up facing the way you came.
I want one so friggin bad, absolutely would give one of my balls for one
scalded ape lol....
I ran a 79 lil red against an 81 c10 350 4bbl. 3 runs the lil red did 15.4 sec against the chevys 18.1 sec. Muscle truck ?
I have a 79 Chevy SWB 4 wheel drive on 38's sitting in the garage right now.
I have a 79 shortbed Silverado that my dad got in 80 with 5k miles on it. It was traded in at the dealership where he worked. Came with a 454. Nothing build in America in 79 would outrun it, from 0 to however fast you wanted to go. He was a manager at the Pontiac dealership, and they ran it against multiple Tran Ams from the last few years, even 400/4-speeds, and none of them would touch it. That was the last year the 454 was available in 1/2 tons until they made the SS454 in 90. I still have it, it's a drag truck now.
The Shelby Dakota was also offered in a convertible configuration.
I was 10 in 78 and a neighbor had a Lil Red express truck. I thought it was the coolest thing on the road,
I always liked the 72 Cheyenne with the 402 big block
I had a 79' Ford Lariat with a 460 stock motor. All Special ordered !
There's a feller around here that has a 1st-gen Lightning. I raced a 2nd-gen in my GT back in '07
A little cyclone with a turbo full time 4 wheel drive pulling 13.2 in the 1/4 mile ..I want one... now!
SYCLONE, BABY!!! THE ONLY PRODUCTION MUSCLE-TRUCK TO TAKE A FERRARI IN THE FLYING MILE!!!! GMC FOREVER!!!! MIC DROP.....
They should have produced the Warlock for longer than they did.. I've read that Dodge built a couple half tons with 426 hemis..
ALL Chevy truck engines came with 4-bolt main caps back in the day. 1970 was the last year the 396 cu in was offered and the 1st yr the 454 cu in was available. Chevy's 427 cu in and ford's 427 were heavy hitters also. Most of the performance engines up to early 1970 s had to be underrated due to car insurance rates. Insurance companies is what killed the high horsepower factory engines during that time. And let's not forget the OPEC oil embargo... Nuff Said.
1/2 ton truck 454 engines mostly did not come with 4 bolt mains. The 366/427 big truck engines all came with 4-bolts, but they were not installed in smaller trucks. Only bigger ones, like dump trucks, fire trucks, etc.
I owned a 1971 C20 with the 400 cid that was a .030 inch overbore of the 396. so basically a 396.
I had a 75 Chevy 3/4 ton with a 454. It was all factory original with a 4 barrel carb. I never knew how fast it would run. I ran out of nerve before it ran out of speed.
I ran a Mastercare Firestone in Madison Hts MI and PAS Inc was Right Behind us, we supplied the Tires and did the 4-Wheel Alignments on the Syclone & Typhoon, you could Hit 100 MPH in a City BLOCK in those Things, they had boost set at 15 to 20lbs in them Easy before putting them on the Lot!
My neighbor that lives across the road had one of those little red express trucks. I thought it was custom not factory
The C-10 you could have ordered a 396 I haven't seen one since I was a teen . But my buddy owned it it was bad and fast . Rear left bar add ones great grip.
The viper engine is 360 LA block with 2 more cylinders.
My 1st Truck in 1984 was a 1964 Chev Step Side I copied the Little Red Express putting on Exhaust Stacks and Wood in the End Gate and Wood Rails (Show Truck) ...... My 2nd Truck in 1986 was a 1980 Chev Short-Box Fleet side Bahama Blue Pearl with Murals HP-454 V8 (Show Truck) ....... My 3rd Truck in 1987 a 1984 Chev S-10 Black/Pink Paint and Lowered (My Dad bought it New a Rare S-10 Diesel) I installed a HP-350 V8 then Swapped the V8 with my 4th Vehicle Bought in 1988 a 1985 S-10 Blazer V6 All Black and Lowered... (Both Show Vehicles) S-10 Truck went back to a 2.8 V6, the HP-350 V8 was stolen off the shop floor one night and I installed a 6000km New Roll over 1989 TPI-350 into the Blazer in 1990-91.... Alberta Canada KOLORS Autobody :)
Well I own a verified true to life '79 Lil Red Express. And yes it is a fun thing to drive and still turns heads.
Oh, 1 more thing to the narrator. In my books you produced a Good video. You've done your homework.
That Syclone could keep up with a 70 Chevelle SS in the quarter .
That truck in the main picture? That thing was the fastest American performance vehicle in 1978 from the factory I believe. Might be wrong though
Just wait until Ford releases the new 700 hp F150
Let’s go back to a 2 door truck with a 8 foot bed you can use for work
My cousin has a lil truck....but now his is a real hot rod.
My first new truck was a 1978 f150 with 460 and 2.75 gears. It ran 12.77 quarter miles at 103 mph, using only first and second gears in the c6 tranny. Many people thought I had a power glide behind that 460, and called me a liar when I said, 2.75 rear gear and a c-6...
False if it was stock would be a 17 second truck at best
@@zackjay71 hahahaha, there were 3 power levels available that year on the 460, if you knew what to order. Mine came from the factory with a holley 4bbl carb, not the Motorcraft.. it had the factory police package on it.
I've read that Dodge built a couple half tons with 426 hemis.
Never sold to the public if they did.
Actually dodge did this in the 60s with the hpp truck and the css
Just seen a new Shelby f150 msrp at 113000 dollars don't know much else about it
The price sticker will shock you in today's world.
I bought as a set back in 2010 all original 1977 Dodge warlock 4x4 with the factory 318 and automatic transmission she was a little rough but a driver and I got her sister with it a 78 Little Red wagon Dodge stepside with the 360 and automatic I have been offered some serious money for these but I won't part with them in my beloved 76 Ford with a 390 that full-size pickup will put a hurting on someone in a heartbeat
Warlock is a pretty rare truck
I know where a brand new one is L R Ex , and was never driven ,Yung man was killed in ,action his folks put it gradge with AC and heated , and dry covered by new blankets every year
Remember? I just sold a fully restored Lil Red Express
Sorry folks but the Raptor R is faster than the TRX.
Hey! What ever happened to the rattly, dented working mans pickup?
Come on Chevy, drop the new Z06 engine in a Silverado 😂
Ford would still use their eco-boost 3.5 twin turbo V6. One of these eco-boost F-150's decided to antagonize me into a little race, he floored his and I floored my Ram Hemi. When I hit 110 and looked in my rear view mirror he was getting smaller and smaller. I then slowed back down to 55. He wouldn't pass me but just followed me at 55 for miles until I had to turn.
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Chevrolet won’t do crap anymore. And any muscle truck they do put out now is always just a concept; never go’s into production.
@@dbf5706 you speak the truth, their trucks have been crap since the mid 80’s
The Lil Red Express trucks were kind of a fraud. They sent "ringers" to the magazines to be tested, but the ones they actually sold the public were nowhere near as fast. They were easily beaten by a short bed 454 Chevy truck. Cool-looking, though.
My dad test drove one once,it was fast
A buddy of mine inherited his Dad’s lil red express truck. I was a very cool ride for the time it came out and ran pretty good. I’ve had my eye out to find one for sale somewhere but no luck yet.
Surely the 454 Chevy big block would beat the 360 Dodge small block. I mean really that's nearly 100 cubic inches difference. I drove a Dodge little Red Express Truck one time that someone had put a 440 in. Unfortunately it was raining and couldn't really do to much with it, but you tell it was as beast.
454SS needed 5 speed
You absolutely right.
I still have my 74 440 4 speed 4x4 convertible plymouth trail duster. everything sux next to it blazers and broncos feel like frail toys that break when you push them
Idk id like to put my 350 v8 in a 1970 or 60 c10
The trx isn’t made for off road. It’s not equipped to jump a puddle
They won’t be coming after the King anymore.
yes they will i guess youve accepted the present conditions
New Lighting?
I watched the T. rex and Raptor r race 5 times yesterday on a video on here. The Raptor r won 4 out of 5 races and that’s only bc the T. rex driver jumped the start but even on that race the Raptor was coming to get him fast. Their both nice and both American muscle so I love both of them. Like someone else said, I wish GM would put a truck in there with Dodge and Ford.
We aren't talking about Richard Petty....
Still think its pathetic that a 454 puts out less power than a modern 4 cylinder.
Chevrolet 454 Super Sport Totally Amazing Badass Muscle Truck From The Early 90s
I've had a few of these. I currently have a Dakota R/T with the 360 but I put some more performance parts making it a four door family hauler muscle truck. I've also got a 77 econoline with a 429 cobra jet engine. It can fly for such a massive vehicle. I outran a raptor with said van. I dynoed the 429 with all its performance add ons at 900+ bhp at the rear. So if you see a silver econoline with a 6 inch lift and offroad tires don't even try because you'll see a van do a wheelstand
I miss my hair
truck nowadays have gotten bigger, and they are hideous in comparison to older truck these trucks in this video are awesome before they started making them Chessy land barges.
So dodge started it and dodge finished it
And I guarantee 99/100 Raptor or TRX owners will never drive those trucks on anything more than a dirt road. They might get dirty…or gawd forbid…scratched or dented.
I sure wish car company's would go back to building them in this manner again..all these new vehicles are overpriced crap on wheels..😮
230hp 454 ? 😂
Those power rating are at the rear wheels, not at the flywheel.
The Ram SRT10 put the Ford Lightening out of production.The Raptor aka Craptor is not very fast,a little boy truck with the V6