POWER FOR PEACETIME

The trailblazing Power Wagon is a pillar in the pantheon of off-roading greats. Forged in the fires of World War II, Dodge’s rugged four-wheel-drive emerged in civvies for 1946 to fill the peacetime need for an all-purpose, all-terrain one-ton truck. When armed with front and rear power take-offs, a winch, or any of an array of implements, the Power Wagon could serve as a mobile power unit, snowplow rig, tow truck, farmhand, and more. Its surefootedness and versatility combined with anvil-like reliability and simplicity made it the go-to machine for severe duty. Even when Dodge introduced a Power Wagon with a more civilized cockpit in 1957, the flat-fender rigs remained