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Car
Name |
Dodge |
Model |
Power
Wagon |
Year |
1950 |
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Description |
Personal
History |
| Serial
Number: n/a |
| No.
of Cylinders: 6 |
| Engine
Tag No: 1327811-2 |
| Units
In Stock: 2 |
| TRANSMISSION
Overall gear ratios.
1st 15.64
2nd 9.52
3rd 5.91
4th 4.33
Reverse 20.45
DIMENSIONS
Wheelbase 8'4" (aprx
2550mm)
Track 4'3.5" (aprx 1300mm)
Length 14'11.5" (aprx 4560mm)
Width 5'3.5" (aprx 1610mm)
Tires 5.90x14
Weight 21.75cwt
Fuel Tank 10galls
SUSPENSION
Independent Coils at Front
Semi Elliptic at rear |
- BRAKES
- Girling hydraulic drum
- brakes with wedge operated
- shoes
9in drums.
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- http://www.dodgepowerwagon.com/
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Car
Condition Report:
 | Iinterior: |
| The car interior is in a good shpae.
The confertable seats have been renovated |
| The peedometeris presents but does not
work. |
| Other meeter indicators like gas, heat,
and RPM are also present but do not work. |
| Horn button present but does not work. |
| Glass of the right door is broken. |
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| Exterior: |
| Very good shape and has no dent
and new coate of green paint. |
| Wippers are missing |
| Both side mirros are missing. |
| Rear lights are missing. |
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| Enging: |
| All engine parts are the orginal parts
and work just fine. |
| A new carpurator was installed. |
| Modifications: |
| The starter was fabricated. |
| Break paddle was fabricated |
| Year |
Engine Displacement
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Starting
serial # |
Ending
serial # |
Plant |
- 1950 B-2-PW
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- 230 cu. in.
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- 83917001
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- 83921140
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- Detroit,
- Michigan
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- 1951 B-3-PW
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- 230 cu. in.
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- 83922501
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- 83926471
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- Detroit,
- Michigan
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Industry
History |
Other
Information |
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- After WWII, GIs returning home wrote to Dodge and
asked "where can we get a truck like the ones we used in the
war"? Dodge responded by building the Power Wagon. Virtually
unchanged from its introduction in 1945, to when its domestic sales
ended in 1968. The Power Wagon is THE classic four-wheel drive truck.
- The Power Wagon was similar in design to the 3/4 ton
weapons carrier, with a 126 inch wheelbase, closed cab similar to the
Dodge VC series trucks, and the front shell and grill similar to the
T234 3/4 ton built by Dodge for the Chinese Army, also known as the
Burma Road truck. A pickup box was designed that measured 8 feet long
by 4 1/2 feet wide by 22 1/4 in high. Rumor has it that the truck was
named "Power Wagon" after a trucking magazine with the same
name. Dodge factory-built this four wheel drive truck over a year and
a half before the Willys 4T and 10 years before other manufacturers
began producing 4x4 trucks, making it the first mass produced civilian
4x4 truck.
- Over the years, changes were made to the original
truck including a 251 cid engine to replace the original 230 cid,
synchromesh transmission, alternator and 12 volt electrical system, to
name a few. Many custom bodied Power Wagons were put into service as
fire trucks, school
buses and stake bodies. One of the finest examples of this is the
custom Cantrell-bodied four door woody station wagon - the original Dodge
Sport Utility Vehicle. In 1957 Dodge introduced another line of
four wheel drive trucks, also known as Power Wagons. These have the
model designation W100, W200, W300, W500. These trucks were more
conventional in styling and were available with different engines,
including V-8s.
- A total of 95,145 WDX-WM300 Power Wagons were sold
from 1945-1968. Exports continued through 1971, and limited sales
continued through 1978, with versions that included slant 6 engines,
and hanging pedal assemblies.
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