70's Power Wagons

[BVol]

does anyone recall which model years in the 1970s that the Power Wagons came with full-time four wheel drive?

 

[DKayser]

PowerWagon

I had a 75,& it was hubless. A friend had a 74, it had lockouts. Hope this helps, Don.

 

[big jake 1]

my 78 was a fulltime crabwalker.....



biggest POS I ever owned







with the 360 4bbl it would get 9 mpg all day long, blew out two sets of headlamps in three weeks because of driving on forest service roads, two valve jobs, 4 different carbs, two right side front hubs, rebuilt 727 auto, heater core caught on fire while on a date with now exwife #2, all in the space of 4 yrs, ended up donating it to one of those charities that take vehicles to help kids.



By the way, the body was perfect, it never ran long enough to get a dent in it.









big jake





THE FORD GUY Oo. Oo. Oo.

 

[lgibson]

My brother had a 77 that was full time. He got it used in 88 and itt was a good truck untill he dropped a 426 hemi onto the windshield and dash. But that is a different story.

 

[jrobinson2]

My dads 76 Ramcharger has over 320,000 miles. On the original 360 2bbl, the only work has been a timing chain, fuel pump, alternator, starter and a couple of water pumps. In the rest of the drivetrain he has replaced one front wheel bearing, one rear wheel bearing and rebuilt the front driveline. The only sore spot has been the trans, its on the third one now but one bad rebuild only went 40K and now the POS needs a new chain in the T case The electrical system on the older Dodges is an adventure to say the least and it has not been trouble free on this truck

The full time 4x4 1/2 ton and light duty 3/4 tons had a horrible front wheel bearing design, my 76 1/2 ton has around 300k and I have changed a front wheel bearing about every 50k miles

Right now my family has five '75 to '77 1/2 ton Dodge 4x4s and except for the front bearings they have all been good trucks.

Jared

 

[FFutch]

Pre-75 also had the 205 divorced tranfer case with the short tail-shaft transmission. The 205 had no chain it was all gear,pretty much bullet proof. I have a couple of extra ones I'll sell if anyone is interested... Doug

 

[JR2]

1980 Dodge CREWCAB Powerwagon... . with manual hubs. I know because I was the one who had to jump out of the the truck as a boy and put the hubs in/out. Dad still has it and he puts 50 miles a year on it towing his boat. .



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My brother has an 83 dodge pickup that had automatic hubs.....

 

[Iwant1]

I loved those trucks! My dad had a 76 with a 400 4 spd in a half/ton. I turned down a chance to buy his buddies factory 440 auto regular cab short-bed a couple years ago and have been regretting it ever since! That would be the same as a CTD in a new 1/2 ton now. (or at least a V-10) We did have wheel bearing problems but all in all that truck took a lot of abuse. I would'nt have expected the same out of a chevrolet.

 

[Ncostello]

My uncle bought a brand new 78 PowerWagon, Black, 318, 4spd manual, StepSide Bed. The first thing he did was install a dual exhaust, lockouts, snow tires, and a camper shell. He drove that truck till 1988 when he bought a new S-10 4x4.



It was a tough truck which towed his camper and Ranger boat in tandem for 10 years. He loved the truck and still misses it.



It had one of those funky 70's front licence plates on it... sparkly blue and silver puffy looking letters that said "DODGE". The guy that bought it lives about 30 miles away. He restored the truck and still drives it. Still has the front licence plate. I can always tell its my uncles old PowerWagon.

 

[MMiller]

Years sound good to me 75-79. My 75 I converted the t-case to part time, and added lockouts to the 60F. Dad had a 77 3/4 ton fulltime truck with a 400 4 sp. 7 miles to the gallon no matter what. It loved to tow, and high rpm's. It would eat my dad's buddies 454 auto any day towing. They worked together tiling, hauling the machine and backhoes, hay, cattle and whatever else. Dad had lots of carb, and ignition problems, traded it in late 92 for a CTD( the 93 I have now). The 77 had 66,000 original miles on it, with a beatiful body!! Knowing what I know now, with a MSD box or Jacobs ignition, and a new edlebrock or holley would have made that truck more reliable.



Michael