
1969 Dodge Power Wagon
Year
1969
Make
Dodge
Model
Power Wagon
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. The Power Wagon name was revived for the 2005 model year as a four-wheel drive version of the dodge Ram 2500. As a nameplate, “Power Wagon” continues as a special package of the four-wheel drive version of 3/4 ton Ram Trucks 2500 model.
Disassembly in Progress
Review of hard brake & fuel lines
Hand sanded & epoxyed hood, removed rear bumper, review of hard brake & fuel lines, dash removed
Cab & bed ready for media blast
The cab & truck bed have been media blasted
Cab, Dash & trans cover about to be epoxy sealed
Driver side cab corner done & moving to passenger side
Pulling dents rear passenger side cab corner
Pulled hood dents & cut out rust on passenger side step
Removed exhaust & fuel tank
Removed cab from chassis, everything from chassis to have powder coated
Disassembly of front axle
Review of enigne & parts
Driver side floorpan cut out to repair body mount, inner fender & rocker panel rust, passenger side Cut out rust
Tack weld of driver side floorpan, repairing inner rocker panel
Finished welding on body mount support & rust on bottom of rocker panel
Bodywork on roof of cab
Bodywork to passenger side rear cab corner & rear panel
Mock up driver side door
Patch panel driver side door lower corner, pulled dents
Mock up & tack weld of motor mounts on chassis, metal added to chassis for strength & rust found
Bodywork driver side fender, welded in motor mounts, transfer case cleaned up & painted
Bodywork interior driver side door, metal repair, dent pulling, upper firewall, removing undercoating from inner fenders, transmission to transfercase height diff
Welded up holes & bodywork radiator support
Front windshield cowl, headlight bezel, upper door frames, rust passenger side fender, rocker panel needs cut out, line up door & rocker
Installed starter, dip stick & oil pan onto engine, metal repair passenger side fender & rocker panel
Rust bottom of fender by door, mock up fender - passenger side
Bodywork on hood
Finished welding passenger side rocker panel & bodywork, passenger side fender bodywork & hood complete
Cab, engine & transmission mocked up together
Cut hole in trans tunnel extra clearance transfer case, modify seat frame, cut out foam & installed buddy seat w-drink holders
Transmission tunnel fabrication for transfer case complete
Seat foam glued together
Shackles & leaf springs painted black
Modified inner fender-core support for steering box
Fabricating new transfer case linkage
Bed has been media blasted
Bed & tailgate sprayed with epoxy sealer
Mocking up steering column in cab
Mounted radiator & working on bracket to mount condenser
Bed placed on chassis
Installed underdash AC ( fab brackets), installed condensor & bracksets, fab lower radiator cross member & mounts
Mock up where fuel filter will be located, cable shifter bracket & windshield washer pump
Mocking up body mounts, rear frame crossmember in was of bed & cab-bed gap
Covered both door panels
Sewing the panels together
Sewed seat backs & started cushions
Sewed patterned seat pieces together
Patterned & sewed covers for armrests, installed rear leaf springs
Armrests & door panels
New rear axle arrived
Began fabricating transmission crossmember
Finished fabricating transmission crossmember
Metal work to bed
Custom speaker box, gun racks mounted & metal-bodywork to bed
Beginning to modify taillight to hide fuel filler & bed bodywork
Sanded bodywork on driver side bed
Finished fabricating fuel neck
Bodywork on tailgate
Mocked up frame, differentials & wheels
Mounted fuel tank
Mock up of seats in cab
Bodywork on bed
Bodywork rear of bed
Bodywork on tailgate
Building spare tire mount
Removed cab & bed from chassis
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