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I found out about this 1963 Power Wagon Town Wagon in the summer of 1998 from my friend Gerry.

At the time this truck was located at a service station in Loves Park IL.

I called Ken, the owner, and got permission to go look the truck over.
When I went down and looked at this truck, I found that it was an original Poly 318 V8, NP420 4 speed truck. It had been swapped over to a 383 V8 and a 727 automatic. This PW TW had a LU-4 winch (instead of the proper LU-2) and some kind of huge bumper. The inside smelled real bad of mice, the drivers seat was broken(the seat back stayed fully reclined), there were some serious rust holes, and the truck had not run in 8 years.

I decided to buy the truck despite its problems because I really wanted to own a PW TW.

The owner and I agreed upon a price of $1,000, but he backed out of the deal two days before I was to pick it up.

This truck later sold in basically the same condition to Doug from AZ at the 2000 Vintage Power Wagon rally for $3,000.

Click here to see pictures of it at the VPW Rally
This is the information I got from the Data Tags on this truck
  DODGE TRUCKS
  BUILT BY CHRYSLER CORPORATION DETROIT MICHIGAN U.S.A.
  MAXIMUM GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT BELOW IS RESTRICTED BY SPRINGS
  AND AUX. EQUIP. WARRANTY VOID IF GROSS WEIGHT IS EXCEEDED
  W100   114  

 

 VEHICLE MODEL   W. B.  
  4500   4.1   SPICER   60  
  REAR AXLE CAP.   REAR AXLE   MAKE   MODEL  
  3000   4SYN   N PROC   420  
  FRONT AXLE CAP.   TRANS.   MAKE   MODEL  
  164 3900   1550   1350  
  CERT. NET HP AT R.P.M.   FRONT SPRING CAP.   REAR SPRING CAP.  
  6000       10312190  
  MAX G.V.W. LBS   AUX. TRANS.  

S. O. NO

  
 
VEHICLE SERIAL NUMBER

NO. DE SERIE DEL VEHICULO
 
218 1279855
 
THIS NUMBER MUST BE USED
WHEN ORDERING SERVICE PARTS
ESTE NUMERO DEBE SER USADO AL
ORDENAR REPUESTOS DE SERVICIO
 
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