transplant: does anybody know if......

[americana]

greetings, all

the other day i was looking through some books and was wondering ... .

what is the feasibility of one of the following happening:

1) transplanting cummins running gear into a power wagon (ca. '47)

or

2) transplanting a power wagon body onto cummins frame/running gear...

just thinking... . anyone know if it is possible? anyone know of it ever being done?

thanks in advance.


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peter
1998 24v 4x4 QC, SLT, Sport, Leather, Linex, snug lid, center line wheels, Smittybilt side steps,color matched fender flares, stull grills, tow hooks----first diesel, dodge etc. i'm in love!

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[LSMITH]

If you have the time and (more importantly) the money anything can be done. Would it be cost effective? Probably not. Would it be super cool? Definately!!! I have helped restore a 46 to original and I would think that everything but the transmission would hold a Cummins. I would look into shoehorning the Cummins into the PW if you could live with a top speed of about 50 MPH.

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99 2500 QC 4X4 AUTO SB 24V LARAMIE SLT 3. 5 LSD 285-75-16'S Everything but leather NRA Member

 

[Mopar Man]

Putting the Cummins into the 47 PW wouldn't be a good as putting the 47 PW body on a late model chassis & engine. With the engine switch, you are still using '47 brakes, steering, and gearing. With the late model chassis/egine, all the engineering has been done and the gearing is right and you'll have decent brakes. I know people who have done it both ways with a varied of old trucks, and the happiest seem to be those who used the late model frame, etc. Ultimately, it is up to you and what you want the truck to do. Just my $02 worth.

 

[LSMITH]

The same guy that restored the original had a 48 on a mid seventies ford 3/4 ton frame that was a daily driver, but you lose a lot of the old truck. Last I heard he had 5 of them in various stages.

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99 2500 QC 4X4 AUTO SB 24V LARAMIE SLT 3. 5 LSD 285-75-16'S Everything but leather NRA Member

 

[americana]

can anyone tell me where i could start the research? might not get past this stage, but you never know.....

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regards,

peter
1998 24v 4x4 QC, SLT, Sport, Leather, Linex, snug lid, center line wheels, Smittybilt side steps,color matched fender flares, stull grills, tow hooks----first diesel, dodge etc. i'm in love!

FREE CARL!!

 

[jmeehan]

Go see dodgepowerwagon.com. This question has come up on that site. I think the 6B is to long without some firewall mods, but the 4B might fit just fine. Another issue to consider is sound insulation.

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ex Ford tech, now driving '01. 5 2500 4X4 QC LB ETH/DEE SLT 3. 54, Patriot Blue