Anyone Put pickup box on power wagon?

[Seyser]

Has anyone put a late 40's dodge pickup box on a power wagon? I understand the pw box is unique only to these trucks but will a regular dodge pickup box fit at all? Or has anyone modified one to fit?

What are dimensions of a correct box for a 2nd series pw?

I found this one for sale but wonder how much work it would be to fit.

[defdes]

Do a search on here, there is all sorts of dimensional info posted here and on the web. From a visual, that looks too short.

[Cheyenne Dave]

I think you will find this is where the wheel base comes into play. The wheel wells, i believe, are not in the right location, in addition to the box being a different length.

I should take a measurement or two...

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[W_A_Watson_II]

Weren't the 3rd series beds the same ones used on the D/W Series trucks of the 60's & 70's step side trucks?

[Cheyenne Dave]

hmmmmm...I better double check my data, you may be right.
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[Clint Dixon]

Weren't the 3rd series beds the same ones used on the D/W Series trucks of the 60's & 70's step side trucks?

Todd...I mean Spence...found one of those later stepside beds, and if I remember correctly, he discovered that the wheel well is about 3-inches off from where it would be located on a WDX-WM300 power-Wagon.

[dad2nick]

If I did this right here is a picture of my friend Keith's truck. It has a conventional 8' pick-up bed mounted. He removed the big bulky stepside fenders and replaced with PW fenders. Fits just fine.

[dad2nick]

http://imageevent.com/dad2nick/parts...=0&w=4&s=0&z=2



Not sure why image wont post.

[Cheyenne Dave]

Wow! That is quite a link...all kinds of goodies to be seen.

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