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The Dodge Power Wagon is a four-wheel drive medium duty truck that was produced in various model series from 1945 to 1980 by Dodge. [1] The Power Wagon name was revived for the 2005 model year as a four-wheel drive version of the Dodge Ram 2500.
Notable models produced during this era were the 1978–1979 Li'l Red Express, the Warlock, the Macho Power Wagon, the Macho Power Wagon Top Hand, Macho Power Wagon Palomino, and the Adventurer. The Warlock, as part of Dodge's "adult toys" line from the late 1970s, is a short wheelbase truck produced in limited production in 1976 and regular ...
The name of this article would at first suggest a focus on models that are indeed called Dodge WC-numbers, either 4x4 or 6x6. However, the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps' central Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) Supply Catalog, covering the WC series, conveys both by its title, "SNL G-657 – Master Parts List, Dodge Trucks", as well as by the explicit types list on its second page, that (because of ...
When predecessors to the Dodge Power Wagon came home in 1945, they were introduced as the first civilian vehicle with four-wheel drive. Its 8-foot cargo bed, 3,000-pounds of payload capacity and ...
The Fargo brand lived longer in a variety of countries under the Chrysler Corporation's badge engineering marketing approach.. Manufactured in Detroit at the Lynch Road facility, Dodge trucks were also offered under the Fargo (or DeSoto) names in most of Latin America, while in Europe and Asia, they were mainly built in Chrysler's Kew plant and sold under either the Fargo or DeSoto badge names.
Dodge, an American brand of Stellantis, has produced numerous vehicles carying the brand name including pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans. Current production models [ edit ]
An M56 used as a fire truck in the Lane Motor Museum. The Dodge M37 was a 3 ⁄ 4-ton 4x4 truck developed for service in the United States military as a successor to the widely used Dodge-built WC Series introduced during World War II.
Of the Big Three USA automakers, only Dodge responded quickly to the demand, introducing the first civilian production 4x4 truck with their military-type WW2 proven medium-duty Power Wagon in 1946. After the war, NAPCO shifted again to produce peacetime machinery.