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  • What I Like About Powerwagons

    I've given a fair amount of thought to this because in reality, it's not just Power Wagons I love but any well built piece of equipment from the Power Wagon's to the Marmon Harringtons to the GM Napco's & everything else in between...the rarer the better. I've always loved big machinery & the Power Wagon is a mix of everything good. It is engineered to be repaired & it's got the classic look that appeals to everyone. "The ultimate tool"

    Ever since I can remember I've considered the FFPW's to be my favorite combination. It was like a truck/tractor/ that actually looked good!

    In the late 70's, I really lost interest in Mopar & to be honest I thought they were finished. Quality was poor, sales were poor & it was an age where other countries were building equipment far superior to anything being built in North America.

    There seems to be a huge difference between European manufacturing & engineering & just a different way of thinking over there. Look at the Mercedes Unimog for example...they cost almost $200,000 to buy one! Mercedes will not sacrifice quality for affordability it would seem.

    That's the way things were here in the 40's. Look at the early WDX's...they cost a fortune compared to other trucks because they were just plain better. No expense was spared to make these trucks more affordable in the early years. They were built by a company that was not concerned solely on the bottom line, but also concerned that they had built the best product that they were capable of & every employee in those factories were proud to be a part of the team.

    Things took a big change in the late 80's when Mopar once again started going out on limbs with products like their Ram/Cummins, Viper, Prowler etc. They started concentrating more on the ultimate Automobile as opposed to what Ford or GM were doing.

    It's been a HUGE success for them. Dealings with Cummins & innovative designs like the Viper, that everyone thought would sink them, have put them back on the map & on top, in my opinion.
    I still don't understand why die-hard Mopar guys feel threatened when Ford or GM take steps to close the gap...this is good! The better the competition the better the products we will have to buy in the future. Ford & GM are close on Mopar's heals & I just hope Chrysler keeps doing what they've done in past years to bring them out of their 1980's grave.

    I was sadly disappointed when plans to build the new version of the Power Wagon were scrapped. I think it could have been a huge success & I hope whatever they have in store for us they continue to push themselves & never mind trying to just keep pace with the competition as they seem to have been doing the past few years.

    This is why I've grown to be a MOPAR fan. Unfortunately I never had a Grampa driving me around in an old Dodge...I had to educate myself!

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    I'll drive you around sonny,...

    ...but you've got to stop cross dressing...ha!ha!ha!
    (for those of you who don't get the joke and think that there may be something a little off about Marty....good!)

    By the way, while I mostly agree with your Unimog comment, the real reason that the Mog is so much money is partly because german productivity is the lowest in the world. Socialism causes them to spend many more man-hours per vehicle than any other workers in the world, except for the former Soviet Union. But when they sober up, they are pretty good at details,...EH!
    MN

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      Hey there Marty just read your post and I too see the good in many old trucks and don't live that far away from you. My father has a 49 Power Wagon and another truck along the lines of your post.

      1951 ford 3 ton Marmon Harrington conversion.

      I have a few pictures of it if you are interested in seeing them and it may soon be up for sale if the right Power Wagon were to come accross our noses.

      Nice to even see mention of the Marmon Harrington conversions.

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        Thanks, Marty!

        Your post just drips with wisdom, beyond the outlook of most folks in the ho-hum categories. But I just heard that Dodge kicked out a new Power Wagon that actually sounds like a fairly substantial vehicle? We'll see...

        Ya, Norm, it's clearly socialism; and as you've seen from my other posts, I warn about it enveloping this nation more and more by the day. Looking to other nations we see a pattern of socialism that is leaking over into America, weakening the principles and purposes of the types of men and women who made our Power Wagons so great. We have to keep those good thoughts that Marty speaks of, and stay on our toes, as once again, duty calls!
        JimmieD

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