With Dodge’s beautiful Sweptline box and single-eye (single headlight, one on each side) grille, this 1970 Dodge W100 Power Wagon looks like a great project pickup. A brochure for 1970 Dodge pickups says the Power Wagon 4×4 pickup is similar in appearance (I’m assuming, compared to the D100), other than “when looked at from dead ahead.” This one is listed here on eBay in Kennewick, Washington, and the current bid price is $810, but the reserve hasn’t been met.
Another way to tell a Power Wagon is from a side view, or a rear view, or any other number of views, but I’m being picky. You already know it has a four-speed manual, which is a New Process 435, and that’s another fun feature for those of us who like to shift for ourselves. You may have noticed the eight-lug wheels, the seller says this one has 3/4-ton axles front the rear with disc brakes in the front.
The second-generation D/W-Series Dodge pickups (D = rear-wheel drive and W = 4WD) were made from 1965 through 1971, and there’s a good amount of work to do on the body, as you can see. The seller says there’s rust on the floorboards, and the bed floor also has major work that’s needed. Other than some other minor rust and a dent in the lower left quarter panel, it looks pretty solid. The underside has heavy surface rust, but so does my underside.
I spy painted door strikers, so I’m assuming this one has been repainted at some point in its life, but I very well could be wrong. One of you will know if those would have been painted at the Warren, Michigan factory or not. The seat should be relatively easy to fix, as will the rubber flooring, headliner, and other finishes inside. The single-lever two-speed New Process 205 transfer case is there, along with the long four-speed shifter.
The engine is Dodge’s 318-cu.in. OHV V8, which would have had 210 horsepower sending power through the transfer case and manual to all four wheels. Unfortunately, this engine isn’t currently running, but it turns over. This truck has some pretty desirable features, how would you bring this one back to life again? Get it working great and drive it, or restore it?
Wouldn’t a 70 318 have 230HP, or were trucks different? This is just the truck I would like to see a snootie suburbanite have to drive versus the usual leather lined, heated seated, softly sprung F150.
Jerry, I was going off of this 1970 Dodge pickup brochure, page 9. Some sources list 230, and some are less than 210, but I figured an actual published Dodge brochure was a safe number.
https://www.xr793.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1970-Dodge-Pickups-and-Stakes.pdf
Wiki lists 230 hp:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_D_series
Looks like someone put a bullet through the passenger door judging from the hole in the interior pic
Did that with my 76′ Malibu once, we were shooting in an abandoned Dump, car was parked behind us, can you say “Ricochet”?? We were shooting at some heavy metal tanks, none of the rounds had the oomph to penetrate, but made a cool “ping’ noise, unfortunately one of the pings was a 45 ACP that came whistling back and through the rear fender, we called her the “Ricochet Chevrolet”
My !!! This is beautiful !!! Wrong side of Country tho ~~
Pa.
The trucks had a “power giant “ 210 hp.. cars were 230. Wish it was on the east coast!
Truck is a w notice the transfer case shifter on the floor
Pretty sure that the that’s a 3/4 ton with the W-200 designation and 8 lug wheels….
lots of lug nuts !
JT, in the second paragraph I mentioned that the seller upgraded this 100 with 3/4-ton eight-lug axles.
https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/Y5oAAOSwTv9n~auV/$_57.JPG?set_id=8800005007
Auction update: this listing has been pulled. It either sold, or as is often the case on eBay, it wasn’t getting close to what the seller wanted, and they pulled it down. It looked like a great truck.
Hopefully it goes to a good new home. I’d like to see this one preserved and or fixed.
I bought this truck. Did some wire troubleshooting and it is running now. Clutch doesn’t work at the moment and fuel tank is rusted out. Lots of work ahead.