Little Red Owner Club

[shootin4fun]

Me and dad headed up to Pigeon Forge for the 40th anniversary of the 79 Lil Red and the 1st ever Owners club meeting. About 60 people showed and 19 trucks total. They came from Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Florida. Pretty cool event. Dad was the only one that bought his new in 79. Some were near mint, some low miles, a few customs, and one diesel conversion. It was a blast!

Rest stop in Ringold

Diesel conversion. Sounded awesome! Paint was flawless.

Midnight Express owned by a woman. Her husband owns 10 Lil Red’s al together. He brought 3 to the show and this beauty.

Them stacks though

There are more 79’s than 78’s this time.

They actually made these kids trucks. This Lil Red came down from New York. It was immaculate!

 

[BIKER13]

 

[whitmo]

Those were (are) nice looking trucks.
I've never seen one in black before. Was that an option, or was it custom painted?

 

[shootin4fun]

This was one of the lowest mileage trucks we ever saw. The second owners bought it from an old guy that didn’t drive it. Just like to look at it. Original everything including tires, belts and hoses. Amazing!

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

My father had the plain black version for years. Bought it new at Century Dodge in Macon in 78. It didn't have the smoke stacks or wood paneling . It did have the goals pinstriping. I'll never forget he was gonna get the red one with all the custom touches but it was a 4 speed and my stepmother couldn't shift gears. So he got the black one with NO A/C.

 

[78Bronco]

Very cool and thanks for sharing! I remember a guy in my home town who had a red one and black one when I was a kid. Wonder what ever happened to them.

 

[shootin4fun]

My father had the plain black version for years. Bought it new at Century Dodge in Macon in 78. It didn't have the smoke stacks or wood paneling . It did have the goals pinstriping. I'll never forget he was gonna get the red one with all the custom touches but it was a 4 speed and my stepmother couldn't shift gears. So he got the black one with NO A/C.

That would be a Warlock which was a dealer option. They are cool too!

 

[shootin4fun]

Those were (are) nice looking trucks.
I've never seen one in black before. Was that an option, or was it custom painted?

It was a dealer option. The Lil Reds were VIN numbered with a code. The Warlocks and Midnights were harder for the records to show since it wasn’t produced that way.

 

[7pt62THOR]

Cool!

 

[jeep78]

I remember selling those when they were new. We had two of them.