The 1948 Dodge Power Wagon was an all - function workhorse with a military upbringing .
Introduced after World War II , the Dodge Power Wagon was Dodge ’s civilian edition of a four - wheel - drive military fomite that had learn prolonged service in the war . As such , it had secure acknowledgement factors for return GIs , although it remained a specialized , comparatively humiliated - production fomite , never sell more than about 5,000 copy a year .
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In realness , the Dodge Power Wagon was nothing more than the military 3/4 - short ton 4×4 , still with a quasi - military flavor to it , peculiarly the grille and fenders .
Sensing a civilian market niche , Dodge had nothing to lose by continuing to bring forth this Army workhorse , in colors other than Olive Drab . After all , its engineering and tooling had already been pay for by the government and were long since amortized .
Although its engine was a neckcloth 230 - cid six , versatility was a powerful selling pecker . Dodge cry it " the truck of a thousand uses , " show out more than two dozen tasks for which no other truck would serve . Its express bed had a nominal one - ton consignment capacity , and four - steering wheel driveway carried it through thick clay and Charles Percy Snow .
To show its pull power , Dodge render the Power Wagon hauling farming equipment , trailers , gravid machinery – even buildings on skids . Its portable major power was unequaled .
With the windlass and backside dig and appropriate equipment , a Power Wagon could sweep streets , take away blow , extend conducting wire fences , remove rocks and stumps , operate knock - drive equipment , load logs , run up spile , and install pipes .
Alterations over the years were few – tinge windows andpower brakesin 1953 , powersteeringand synchromeshtransmissionin 1957 , an alternator and larger six in 1961 , lock - out hubs in 1962 .
When it was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1968 , production had reached 95,145 . Still , the Power Wagon would n’t pall , for it was specify to soldier on in export markets through the later 1970s . That ’s greater length of service than the Model T and equal to the VW Beetle .
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