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1980 PowerWagon


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I just thought I would share some pics of my 80 Powerwagon with you all. I paid 1100 bucks for it. It has a 318 with a 4 speed and it is 4 wheel drive. Everything electrical worked on this truck, even the factory radio. This truck had 82000 original miles when I got it.
 


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whats the shift pattern on that. im lookin at ram250 4speed on saturday. is like a fivespeed minus 5th gear or is reverse far left and down
 

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I just thought I would share some pics of my 80 Powerwagon with you all. I paid 1100 bucks for it. It has a 318 with a 4 speed and it is 4 wheel drive. Everything electrical worked on this truck, even the factory radio. This truck had 82000 original miles when I got it.
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Looks GOOD for a 30yr old truck!!!

318 is a lil' motor for it bein 4x4, I'd be lookin for a 360, 383, 400, or 440 as far as POWER WAGON goes...:icon_twisted::yahoo:
 

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WOW. Dang! Do want!
 

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I've had two PowerWagons, both 1976 D200's. They were...well, all I can say is ... beasts. They were powerful enough for anything I ever wanted to do. But alas, they were physically too big for me... I'm a little guy and looked like a midget sitting in them. I finally sold them and opted for something more my size... a '93 Ranger. Only complaint was the PowerWagons couldn't go past a gas station without stopping.
 

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Nice look'n truck,Had an '81 d150, was a good truck, good luck with your new purchase
 

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nice truck!,had a 74 power wagon with a 440 in it,power was uh well a whole lot,lol,the 318 is plenty tough and plenty of steam,and better on gas than the thursty 440.
 

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Meh, it's not a "real" power wagon, but still pretty nice considering the year and low miles. Good find!
 

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nice truck!,had a 74 power wagon with a 440 in it,power was uh well a whole lot,lol,the 318 is plenty tough and plenty of steam,and better on gas than the thursty 440.
Those were definately pathetic years for Detroit iron.

A 1974 440 was a 220hp 345ft# motor. A 2010 415cid V10 is a 362hp, 457ft# motor, for comparison, while being 25cid smaller.

A more direct compare would be a 383 and a new 6.2 Ford gasser--almost identical displacement. '71 383 4V 250hp/325ft#---'11 6.2 Ford 385hp/405ft#

I love them old trucks, but I don't like the powerplants. A 5.7 Hemi in that much lighter old truck would be a bruiser.
 

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the engine that originally came in that truck was a 318,i put the 440 in it from a69 dodge polara station wagon,and it was rated at more than 220 hp,more like 350 horse,but yes the mid 70s were down years for american iron performance.
 

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Meh, it's not a "real" power wagon, but still pretty nice considering the year and low miles. Good find!
It is a real power wagon, back when power wagon meant 4wd dodge. Thats a clean truck for it's year.....I'll be working on a d300 dually from the mid 80's here soon, either a restore and DD or a diesel 4wd conversion.
 

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It is a real power wagon, back when power wagon meant 4wd dodge. Thats a clean truck for it's year.....I'll be working on a d300 dually from the mid 80's here soon, either a restore and DD or a diesel 4wd conversion.
No. 1980 ended the power wagon, and it only left the Ram Powerwagon, later known as the Power Ram. Sure it's a "Power Wagon" in name, but IMO it's not built nearly as well as the previous years. Which is why I put "real" in quotes. Dodge just failed at changing the name, and decided to do it a few years late.

A couple "real" power wagons..



We've had a few W series pickups, they were good trucks for what they were. And like I said before, a good find for the OP.
 

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