There is a guy here in my town that has TWO LRE's sitting in his back yard rotting.And, here is that '79 I'll Red Express that I found that is ironically just blocks away from my buddy's house who owns the '68 Cuda that I built the 340 for. I spoke to the owner today and asked if it is for sale and he said it could be. He is the original owner and bought it new at one of our local dealerships here in town. He said that he saw it on the car hauler on the ferry when he was on it coming home from the mainland one day and asked the driver where he was headed with that truck, and the driver said he was going to Ensign Chrysler with it (one of two Chrysler dealerships here in town) and so he went home got some money and drove to the dealership and even beat the hauler there. He walked into the dealership and said that he was there to buy that red truck on the hauler and the dealership said sure, we will sell you that truck but if we knock a grand off the price can we just keep it in the showroom for one week? and so he agreed and drove it home. He paid $11,000 (Canadian) for it. It's got about 130,000 kms on it and it's been sitting for almost 30 years. Yikes. I should have snapped a picture of the interior but it's all original inside and in rough shape like the outside. It has the split bench still (with rips) and it has the tough wheel. He has the stacks but the cores are rotted out but the grilles and tips are in good shape he says. The 360 has long tube headers buts its mostly stock otherwise. He said he also has all new graphics for it that he bought at the dealer in the original packaging. Crazy. Its sad to see that sitting there like that under a pine tree knowing how rare they are (even though '79 had the highest production numbers). It's totally salvageable but it's in rough shape. The guy knows what he has and yet he lets it sit like that. Painful.
I am no stranger to finding rare cars and trucks around here as this island has always been a gold mine for rare Mopars.
Bucky
