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Power Wagon Registry
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To all who have posted in this feed thank you! I am happy to see the PW owners getting together to share info, tips, tricks, and such!! So happy I started this one, I wasn't sure how well it would go amongst all the more typical Overland vehicles. I look forward to hopefully meeting everyone of you someday during my travels!
So...I know there's already a thread regarding where everyone put their OB emblems, but I maybe only saw one PW on there. Having a helluva time making a decision. Any suggestions or where you guys put them?
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I think mine was the one PW in there. Mine is on the lower left of my tailgate.
Mine is laying around in a cupboard somewhere, I don't do stickers 
...well except my callsign and I still struggle with that lol.
...well except my callsign and I still struggle with that lol.
I'm late to this thread (Just joined yesterday) But I'm super stoked about all the PW owners here so I wanted to share mine.
I have a 1977 W100. I know it's not much compared to the modern wagon but I've loved the look of this truck for ages. So far I have a full-float Dana 44 up front as well as a full float Chrysler 8.25 in the back with 4.10's, 4" springs (Leafs), electronic ignition, fuel cell,
massive radiator, CB radio, electric fuel pump, pretty much all the standard bolt-ons.
I'm working with a tired 318 so I've decided to try my hand at porting the intake and heads myself. (I'll post here if I do a miraculous job and create power, or if I fail miserably and the truck never starts again lol).
My plans for the future are to weld a cage in the back and get a bikini top covering the bed and maybe a drawer system idk.
So far my biggest hurdles have been getting it reliable enough for actual off-roading. Once I'm fairly certain I can drive 500+ miles on the road, I'll likely start taking longer trips off road.
I have a 1977 W100. I know it's not much compared to the modern wagon but I've loved the look of this truck for ages. So far I have a full-float Dana 44 up front as well as a full float Chrysler 8.25 in the back with 4.10's, 4" springs (Leafs), electronic ignition, fuel cell,
massive radiator, CB radio, electric fuel pump, pretty much all the standard bolt-ons.I'm working with a tired 318 so I've decided to try my hand at porting the intake and heads myself. (I'll post here if I do a miraculous job and create power, or if I fail miserably and the truck never starts again lol).
My plans for the future are to weld a cage in the back and get a bikini top covering the bed and maybe a drawer system idk.
So far my biggest hurdles have been getting it reliable enough for actual off-roading. Once I'm fairly certain I can drive 500+ miles on the road, I'll likely start taking longer trips off road.
Not the top secret good part!
If it was that good, you would have told me about it. You haven't.
There is a lot of good in there you just have to sort through it the same way you do on the PW registry. Besides the membership doesn't cost much and its not an annual renewal and so far none of the idiots like we have in that "other" group.If it was that good, you would have told me about it. You haven't.
We just bought the complete CleanWaste Go kit - tent, toilet, carry case, and an initial supply of bags. Case is nice to keep it organized. Probably would have been cheaper to part it out - Cabela's has some decent quick set-up shelters for less than (and probably from the same factory) the CleanWaste one. I will confess, the one we have goes up and down quickly, 4x4' inside is plenty but it doesn't have a usable pass through for a shower head.
Thanks for starting the thread. We graduated from a "more typical Overland vehicle" and are also glad to see a community for those who chose the full size path - particularly the PW. I love my 80-series (can't seem to part with it) but 6.4L of V8 awesomeness sure beats the 1FZ-FE (especially with >200k miles on it) when dragging even a small trailer around. I will admit the idea of being able to fix just about anything on the LC with what I have in the toolbox is appealing (although increasingly necessary). But, as we aren't trekking the outback of Africa or Australia, heated/cooled seats are worth the trade off!
Just saw this thread and figured I would check in and say hi.
Not actually a Power Wagon but its what the original Power Wagons were developed from.
Driving around locally lookin' for Burgers.
Waiting for the pass on HWY2 to reopen.
Predates Power Wagons by 4 years. We'll see how it works out as an overland vehicle.
-jim lee
Driving around locally lookin' for Burgers.
Waiting for the pass on HWY2 to reopen.
Predates Power Wagons by 4 years. We'll see how it works out as an overland vehicle.
-jim lee
I think you are forgiven for not having an actual PW... Are you still running the original flathead? Regardless, that truck is awesome.Not actually a Power Wagon but its what the original Power Wagons were developed from.
Driving around locally lookin' for Burgers.
Waiting for the pass on HWY2 to reopen.
Predates Power Wagons by 4 years. We'll see how it works out as an overland vehicle.
-jim lee
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Thanks!
Yes original Flathead. Err.. Same type of flathead, but its not the original from that truck. Checking the numbers the motor in this truck originally came from an M37 army truck. Almost identical. I did have to rewire it and I'm working on increasing its "mean distance between failures". Repair, test, repair..
It's improving, but it's taking a lot of time & effort.
-jim lee
Yes original Flathead. Err.. Same type of flathead, but its not the original from that truck. Checking the numbers the motor in this truck originally came from an M37 army truck. Almost identical. I did have to rewire it and I'm working on increasing its "mean distance between failures". Repair, test, repair..
It's improving, but it's taking a lot of time & effort.
-jim lee
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