48 Dodge Power Wagon Test Drive
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- Опубликовано: 11 ноя 2023
- Taking the old Dodge out for a test drive around town. It has a 251 flathead 6 with the original 4 speed trans and drive train. Was sitting for many years before I ended up with it. I had to drain the old gas and rebuild carb- currently running off a temporary boat gas tank. Installed new points, cap, rotor, wires, and she fired up. Replaced the master cylinder and all wheel cylinders to get it to stop. Trying to get the hang of double clutching with a little grinding here and there. Was a little nervous taking it out on the road for the first time, but made it back without issue!
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Love that old Power wagon. Unmolested. See few with fancy paint jobs, lift kits, newer power trains....love em better stock n original.
Ahh , the days of old , when things were actually built to last. Real steel. Manly beast. When trucks were for work. Now they take your wallet.
Just to let you know, with a 4 speed manual of this vintage, 1st gear is granny. You should be starting off from a stop in 2nd gear. 1st gear is only for certain applications, like crawling through a field, or while in 4x4 on bad terrain. Your engine was designed to handle starting off in 2nd gear if running properly. Just give it a little more gas. Try it. You'll be happier for it!!
I was about to comment the same thing. We’ve owned those kinds of trucks all my life. Super low geared. Always 2 gear starts on flat ground. Good old trucks. My dad has all the parts to build two 41 Dodge weapons carriers in a storage truck. Those won’t be built until after his death because he won’t get off his lazy rear end and get the projects moving forward. Pretty pissed off about it to be honest.
@@richfranks9161 -- Perhaps you should take over and start building them!! Great trucks and great learning experience!!
That's true to even a lot more modern 4WD trucks. 1st gear is like a reduction gear. When the wheels start to roll - you need to shift to 2nd otherwise you rev far too high. We only used it to start in the cold with a fully loaded truck AND a fully loaded trailer either on soft ground or up a steap hill. 99,5% of the time you didn't need it. In the cold on the other hand - you couldn't shift into 3rd before the engine had warmed up. So it was better just to warm up the engine. 1st gear was almost never used. My guess is you could get the truck going with a very cold engine as the reason for having it. Hopefully not having to use the 3rd gear. You needed the revs on the high side for the turbo to be doing it's job. Not so great in an offroad truck - We would joke about the truck being designed at Ferrari - because of the special choices and the trucks being Italian. We had fun using the horns in traffic - nobody would believe in a big truck having a horn hardly suited for a moped. I guess that was a deliberate choice make some confusion in traffic creating a hole in the traffic you could slip into.... That was stealth right there. The perfect truck for city traffic.
Thats great i have a 41wc and a 66 power wagon. i have been doing a lot to the 66 and have had it for over 35 years. Hope to see more videos of your truck
I hope so too! :)
When I was 17 in 1961, I worked on a construction crew using that model power wagon. I loved that truck even back then.
The "civilian" One Ton Power Wagon was essentially a WWII-era military chassis with a 1939-ish Dodge pickup cab grafted onto it. They were off-road beasts. Dodge actually built them for domestic U.S. sale until 1968, if memory serves. After that, they could not meet the federal safety standards and the dies for many of the parts (especially the cab) were simply worn out. Back in 1973, a local electric pole line construction company where I lived still used this model of Power Wagon for the really tough off-road power line-building jobs in the mountains. The one I saw working was a 1965 model. It was essentially the same as this one, with just minor differences in tail lights, turn signals, etc. The "newer" ones also had synchronized gears in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, much like the contemporary "modern" 4WD trucks of the era. This truck likely had the engine replaced at one time. If memory serves, the '48 model came with 230 c.i.d. engine. The 251 came along later. I have an owner's manual for the early model like this one. You will get a workout lubing the truck--it has, I believe, 32 separate Zirk grease fittings.
Great info, thanks for posting! Yes, someone upgrades this to the later 251 engine. Previous owner(s) probably kept it maintained fairly well since everything still works today.
You actually have to pay attention when driving that truck, Love It.
That's for sure, Thanks!
Every time you start off in first gear you hurt my soul. Beautifully restored truck👍✌️🇺🇲
Thanks for the reply- I hear ya. Found it's best to get it rolling in first to avoid a lot of clutch chatter. Might have high spots or just a bit of rust from sitting a long time. Maybe a project for another day.
@@GasandOilGeekMy 1980 PW chattered after installing a new clutch, flywheel and pressure plate for the first few hundred miles but it works fine now.
I drove one of these on the River Ranch in Nevada when i was a teenager!
Don’t touch it, it’s perfect! Well, I would put new wood in the bed but not much else!
We have the same transmission. I have a 1950 B2B. Guys already said start in second. Your shifting at the right RPM just add a double clutch and don’t change the speed of your shifting it is suppose to be that fast. I quickly shift through the gears in my truck as intended. Even though my truck is a RWD i have used first for steep inclines, good loads and off roading. It’s a god send. Still would be nice having a 5th gear for that 4.10 in the rear.
Thank you for the ride!!
Any time!
A beautiful old relic! I fell in love with this vintage Power Wagon as a kid seeing them used here in the local oil fields. Most had a winch and gin pole cable hoist. A water well driller had a small rig on one also. AL B.
Awesome truck! Thanks for the video
Glad you liked it!
Thanks for the ride in a REAL truck!
Any time!
Them Power
King tires are rock stars in the mud.
The tires are probably 40 years old- I'm happy they are still holding air ;-)
Good lookin truck - 👍
Thanks 👍
I had a '49 and a '53 when I was a kid in the 80's. If I remember correctly the old flat head produced about 78hp and the trucks weighed about 8000 lbs. Awesome!!!
Thanks!
was yours a 251 like the guys in the video? I have several of this vintage, but they're all 230's I'd like to know where to get the 251, never seen one. Thanks
PAPERWORK 🎉
The best truck
Thank you!!
I still have my 46 GMC heavy 1/2 ton. Been in the shed for almost 30 years. Itching to get it back on the road.
Sell it before the gods of rust take it too far.
i just finished restoring my speedometer in my WC12. that little plastic piece that holds the pointer to the post is sandwiched between two pieces of metal. you wouldn't know to look at it, but it wasn't too bad to fix. someone was selling the center disc on ebay if you want to fix yours!
Thanks, I'll check it out!
Not sure if you know this or not but old transmissions don't work the same as new ones. 1st gear is not your starting gear unless in extreme circumstance like off roading or pulling something. It is called compound or granny for a reason. During normal driving start out in 2nd and treat your gear box like a 3 speed.
When i first started driving it I found that the clutch chattered quite a bit if I started out in 2nd gear - I think the clutch/pressure plate surfaces may have been rusty from sitting so long. Found that getting it rolling in 1st gear seemed to work pretty good. Now that I driven it quite a bit, it's starts off smooth in 2nd gear, so I think the rust has worn off. It's much easier to drive starting in 2nd for sure. Thanks for the note!
I’d really like to have one of these. You running low range or is the top speed 35-40 mph?
High range. 40 maybe 45 is tops.
If you can't find it, grind it....😊
yea, there's a little learning curve with this one ;)
Hope you're getting some good use out of the old girl. Takes a very involved driver to navigate the roads. The sounds! The open windshield! Great video, (Not messed up with unecessary music! Thank you!)
I hope so too! thanks!
MAYBE WASH THE WIND SHIELD ???
Very nice truck it is missing a spare rim with a tire with mount is the truck available for sale
I didn't add a spare mount to the bed side since I may be installing larger tires on it and the spare may not fit in the stock location. Thanks for asking, but it's not for sale.
Nothing like arm strong steering and if you can't find em grind em transmission. They don't make em like that anymore.
I like how mechanical these are . They are high maintenance compared to a new truck but that makes them special
It's a challenge for sure! Hardest part is pulling out of my driveway on a county road and not slowing traffic down too much. 40mph is probably the top end.
Where dit you get the bed parts from?
Most came from Vintage Power Wagons
Top speed is what...45? I've always loved these, but realize they are a bit too much for me anymore. No way I could remove a wheel by myself!
yea, 40-45 mph is about it. Everything is heavy on that truck ;)
Are the windshield wipers manual?
Has old Bosch electric wiper motors, 6V on one side and 12v on the other ;)
@@GasandOilGeek sweet. The best truck ever made.
I can't remember for sure but they may have been vacuum operated originally.
Sorry, I had to quit watching. i hate to see someone drive a stick that doesn't know how
I've got a 66 k20 Chevy try driving that with all the nut jobs these days
I year ya