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That is astounding. I would love to see a picture or pictures should you ever bring it out of the vault you surely must keep that in! Also do you know if there are any numbers on it? Did you buy it from Dodge or somewhere else? Does it look like the one on the ebay PW?
DavdGB
The original mats did cover the center. I have one I bought new in the early 70's and have never used.
Every WDX-WM300 I have owned has had individual mats and just a leather cover on the center hump in the area of the levers, but all my trucks have been '52 and older. The part numbers on my mats match what is listed in the early parts lists. I have seen some later Power-Wagons with one continuous mat covering the whole floor. I do not know when the change took place.
Robert's mats are close, but they do not have the knobless border on three sides like the originals nor the part numbers formed into them.
Just to confirm what others have said, I have a '54 FFPW which has a one-piece floor mat covering the transmission tunnel. The floor mat has the DCPD logo.
The floor mat is not held down by screws, but does go under the PTO shift lever lock. I also have a '48 which has the remnants of screws used to hold down the floor mat. Perhaps the use of screws to hold the floor mats down in some cases and not others indicates that the mats were a dealer installed option or an accessory purchased by the owner and not a factory installed item.
The "Dodge Power Wagon Parts List Model Series WDX" #D-12004, Revised February, 1948, lists the following for floor mats:
MAT, Floor, Front, Right, Assembly - part # 1095 997 (qty 1)
MAT, Floor, Front, Left, Assembly - part # 1095 998 (qty 1)
Screw, tapping, binding-hd., slotted, typeA, S., cd-pltd., NO. 10-12x1/2 in. - part #144 811 (qty 6)
WASHER, Front Floor Mat Fastening Screw - part # 342-601 (qty 6)
The same parts lists shows the following for the leather cover that gets attached to the very top surface of the center transmission cover:
PAD, Front Floor Transmission Cover Draft - part # 930 860 (qty 1)
Screw, tapping, binding-hd., slotted, typeA, S., cd-pltd., NO. 10-12x1/2 in. - part #144 811 (qty 10)
WASHER, Plain, Front Floor Transmission Cover Draft Pad Screw (S., 7/32 I.D. x 3/4 in. O.D.) - part # 342 601 (qty 12)
Bolt, hex-hd., S., cd-pltd., 1/4-20 x 5/8 in. - part #120 854 (qty 2)
These floor mats, and the center leather pad, were new numbers first shown in this parts list. The information indicates that the floor mat consisted of three parts: a left mat attached with three self tapping screws and washers, a right mat attached with three self tapping screws and washers, and a leather draft pad on the transmission center hump attached with ten self tapping screws and washers and two hex head bolts and washers (these two bolts attached through the PTO lever lock that was placed with the draft pad sandwiched between it and the center hump. These parts are all listed in the "body" section of the parts list and indicates that these were factory installed parts and not MoPar dealer installed accessories.
The July 1951 Parts List #D-13864 and the February 1953 Parts List #D-14468 agree with the quantities and part numbers first found in the 1948 list #D-12004. However, there was a change that took place at serial number 83926253 Detroit and 88766990 L.A.. This change is shown as effecting the B3 and B4PW models. This same change is also shown in the 1954 Parts List #D-15078, but neither goes into any further specifics. The change is accompanied with a new part number - #1280-379.
The 1947-1956 Parts List #D-15788 agrees with the 1953 and 1954 lists D-14468 and D-15078, shows the same part number 1280-379, but shows it only for trucks from serial numbers 83926253 thru 83949001 when another new and previously unused number was listed - 1669 116. (No mention is made of the L.A. serial numbers.) This number was shown for C3PW models. This 1956 parts list also shows the center hump leather draft pad was no longer used after Detroit serial number 83926253 and L.A. number 88766990.
So, I think we can safely assume that floor mats were nearly always factory installed, they consisted of a left, a right, and a center leather pad up through Detroit serial number 83926253 and L.A. serial number 88766990, all attached with screws and washers, and that these trucks would have been 1946 WDX through 1951 B3 model Power-Wagons. And, I think we can safely assume that at these serial numbers, the three-piece floor covering was discontinued and replaced with a one-piece mat that covered the entire floor. The parts manuals would indicate that this new floor mat was assigned part number 1280-379 which was superseded by another new part number 1669 116 for the 1956 C3PW models.
No. I am thinking I don't have the box it came in anymore. I have it rolled up in a closet. The mat was shipped in a rolled up form. When you lay it out, it does not lay flat, as if it somehow accommodated the hump. I ordered it from a local Dodge truck dealer using part numbers they had available at the time. I am guessing it is a WM300 era part number. I also got some sheet metal panels at the time. This would have been in about 1973, I believe.
Although, I might consider trading it for your W300.....
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Clint,
Thanks for the very thorough information on this topic. It is always so enjoyable learning something new about these trucks. It is interesting to learn that for most of the production run of FFPWs that they had one piece factory installed floor mats and despite having owned many trucks had never seen one (1 piece floor mat) or even known that they existed. I would think that with all the power wagons being saved these days that one of the reproducers of rubber parts would find it profitable to manufacture these.
Thanks again, your information (and everyone else's) is greatly appreciated.
DavidGB
OK, Gordon, now that Jerry has declined your offer, I will counter. Trade you the rolled up mat for a guided king salmon trip on the Kenai River next summer.
It's colder up here than where Jerry lives so I need it more ; > )
That is astounding. I would love to see a picture or pictures should you ever bring it out of the vault you surely must keep that in! Also do you know if there are any numbers on it? Did you buy it from Dodge or somewhere else? Does it look like the one on the ebay PW?
DavdGB
I bought it from Dodge.
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OK, Gordon, now that Jerry has declined your offer, I will counter. Trade you the rolled up mat for a guided king salmon trip on the Kenai River next summer.
It's colder up here than where Jerry lives so I need it more ; > )
Thank you, but I don't care to sell it.
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OK, Gordon, now that Jerry has declined your offer, I will counter. Trade you the rolled up mat for a guided king salmon trip on the Kenai River next summer.
It's colder up here than where Jerry lives so I need it more ; > )
Very kind of you to wait. I knew he wouldn't part with it anyway. I wouldn't either. Well, maybe for a guided salmon fishing trip, with GUARANTEED catching. Ha Ha
Maybe a surfing trip on Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho???Gordon???
Very kind of you to wait. I knew he wouldn't part with it anyway. I wouldn't either. Well, maybe for a guided salmon fishing trip, with GUARANTEED catching. Ha Ha
Maybe a surfing trip on Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho???Gordon???
That's a beautiful car.
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