For Sale 1978 Dodge Warlock 440 cu. in - $28900 (Malone NY)

[1978 NYB]

1 of 74 produced

http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/5178960365.html

 

[detmatt]

Really nice truck but I would never pay anywhere close to that for an old truck of that size.

 

[Fratzog]

Didn't realize that Warlocks could be had in red.

 

[Wildaugust]

Yeah, it's nice.

IINM, they were eventually available in six colors, including blue, dark green and I think white too.

 

[Homerr]

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/5177756764.html

 

[67-Fury]

I saw a warlock in orange once that was nice. But a 78 little red Express is What I lust after. I think that thing wiped the Floor with every car at the time Except the Porsche 911.

 

[detmatt]

Yah but that's not saying a hell of a lot for 1977/8!
I'm getting kinda sick of seeing the Lil Reds, every time I see one it's the same color. I prefer the fleet side power wagons of the same era.

 

[72Fury]

I saw a warlock in orange once that was nice. But a 78 little red Express is What I lust after. I think that thing wiped the Floor with every car at the time Except the Porsche 911.

Magazine results were always fudged. There was more than a few that were actually faster. We wiped one off the road with a stock 80 automatic z/28 for example. T tops and parachute pants, lol. Dark years performance wise for sure, unless you went to a Porsche 911/930 or a something exotic like a Countach. One car that I still don't believe was this fast, but has been claimed many times is the Pontiac 2 + 2. The GTO's big brother. A 0-60 time of 3.9 seconds....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_2+2

 

[1978 NYB]

I remember reading several articles that the Lil Red Express with an E58 cop engine was the fastest American made vehicle in 1978.

http://www.dodgeconnection.com/LilRedInfo.html

 

[1978 NYB]

Yah but that's not saying a hell of a lot for 1977/8!
I'm getting kinda sick of seeing the Lil Reds, every time I see one it's the same color. I prefer the fleet side power wagons of the same era.

They also made another version...I think called "something Ghost" or whatever...they were Black with gold accents. Even more rare than the Lil Red.

 

[patrick66]

Why are there trucks listed in the "C"-body section???

 

[detmatt]

They also made another version...I think called "something Ghost" or whatever...they were Black with gold accents. Even more rare than the Lil Red.

The first Warlocks I remember were black and gold.

 

[1978 NYB]

Why are there trucks listed in the "C"-body section???

Does it really FN matter????????

 

[1978 NYB]

Technically All Forward Look and 64-66 Imp's aren't C-Bodies either but they are listed in C-Bodies for sale.

 

[cm23uoc]

parachute pants, lol. Dark years performance wise for sure, unless you went to a Porsche 911/930 or a something exotic like a Countach. One car that I still don't believe was this fast, but has been claimed many times is the Pontiac 2 + 2. The GTO's big brother. A 0-60 time of 3.9 seconds....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_2+2

This was the time Jim Wangers was strongly involved in Pontiac Marketing. According to his memoirs it happened that they "accidentally" dropped a wrong engine in test cars as a modified 421 I guess in an early GTo for example. Additionally IIRC that 3.9 second (absolutely unbelievable) was also a result of faulty Timing. I'd have to reread sometimes as it's been years since I had this book in my Hands.

 

[mrmopar66]

That's not a Warlock but it is a decent looking Power Wagon and not too bad of a deal.

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/5177756764.html

 

[68plymouth383]

The black with gold accents was the midnight express.

They also made another version...I think called "something Ghost" or whatever...they were Black with gold accents. Even more rare than the Lil Red.

 

[LocuMob]

1 of 74 produced

http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/5178960365.html

I saw that truck at the Mopar Nationals a while back, very clean, and very nice. Some passersby told me I had a nice truck, to which I responded, "I can only wish". It looked brand new, everything, looked new. Of course that's what it should look like when you restore a vehicle.

 

[bluefury361]

I worked at a Buick dealer in 1978 when someone traded a black 440 powered Warlock 4X4. It didn't stay on the lot very long.

 

[bluefury361]

Technically All Forward Look and 64-66 Imp's aren't C-Bodies either but they are listed in C-Bodies for sale.

Bob, there is a thread for "non C body" vehicles. Not a big deal but this truck should have been posted there.

We seem to be operating with no moderators lately. No word from Gary or Brian.