I think that would be the late '70's when they were discontinued, because
my brother had a '78 Dodge "Power Wagon" as his first truck, sold it
because he never could get it to run right, of course all the guy did to
it was put a new distributor on it and is still driving it today 8 years
later (What can I say he was young (16), and sold it before really trying
to find out what was wrong with it, and of course I was just a kid at the
time so....)... Also I believe they had a D-series and a W-series during
the '80's, the D-series was the regular line, and the W-series was the
heavy duty line, know this because my Dad's '86 was a W-150, while one of
his friends has an '86 D-150, and my Dad's is definitely built tougher
than his, has stiffer springs, bigger axle and driveshaft, etc...
Bruce
>
> The DODGE "POWER WAGON" was a real work-horse of the truck line. They made
> them for the Korean War and used quite successfully after the war for the
> civilians. They stopped making them in the early to mid 70's when they came
> out with the D-series models. These were used up until the RAM series came
> out. If you see a Power Wagon you'll know that you came across a piece of
> history and a piece of IRON that holds up to the rigors of time for
> trust-worthiness. They weren't built for looks but for dependibility, and I
> believe they only came as a 4-wheel drive when they first came out, but some
> of the later ones were gotten as 2-wheel models for the civilians---Man they
> rode ROUGH as a tank.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Trottmann <rotrottmann@davidson.edu>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Date: Sunday, March 15, 1998 5:58 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: Signature File
>
>
> >> Try saving it as plain text. And don't forget to check your spelling, you
> >> wouldn't want to misspell "carriage" in your sig :) (I'm sorry, I
> couldn't
> >> help myself)
> >>
> >
> >Cute, real cute. :-)
> >
> >> Mike (What the hell's a Power Wagon) Crumley
> >
> >Yeah, fire one up. Don't worry, you're not the only one who's not sure
> what a
> >Power Wagon is.
> >Carriage Bolt Trottmann
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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