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[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you soon

[@samgarofalo2461]

When I ordered my W 200 Sno-fiter in 1976 the option for 440 was $300. Yes I still have the truck, retired it from plowing in 1996.

[@davidhusband5022]

Call Mr plow, thats my name, that name again is Mr plow.

[@craigmaverick]

Doh!

[@QuickSpeedShop]

Thank you Steve! I'm currently restoring a 1980 W200 long bed step side in Brown Sunfire Metallic. It's a 360 4bbl, NP435 4 speed truck with factory Meyer plow. Originally a county vehicle, I am the second owner and it was last on the road in the 1990s. Unfortunately my truck, like the one above, was pretty rusty and I have had to use three other trucks to restore it. I'm using the frame from a 1975, the cab from a 1988, the 5.9L Magnum from a 2000 Ram, and a 1998 Econoline Dana 60 in the rear. My truck has the 3.54 gears with the granny 4 speed. The donor '75 was an Adventurer package and came also with the Meyer plow, but 4.10 gears with a 727. Loving these junkyard crawls!

[@TheJstewart2010]

I love the location of the fuse panel. I wish that every car came that way.

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

The best part about that fuse box is that it's the ONLY one that truck has! Modern vehicles have multiple fuse and relay boxes in various, sometimes hard to access locations.

[@SolamenteVees]

My Dad’s 1940s Power Wagon wrecker (with a snow plow) ended up in the Walter P Chrysler Museum in the 1990s. Thanks for the consistently great content, Steve.

[@Vintageguy73]

I competed in the Plymouth trouble shooting contest in 1973. First year for the electronic ignition. All the cars had a bad ballast resistor, non working spark plug and a inoperable tail light bulb.

[@willhorting5317]

I never was a Mopar guy (although I did own a couple of used Mopar cars, in the early 2000s). But I have learned more Mopar stuff by watching these Junkyard Crawls, than I ever learned in the previous decades. Thanks Steve!

[@SteveMagnante]

Thanks for sharing!

[@robertvance1873]

@@SteveMagnante your Awesome Steve Thank you for all your knowledge, how is it going with your Mopar Build?

[@paullarimore8598]

Hey Will. I'm a Mopar guy since the 60's and the son of a Mopar guy since the 40's and I have learned a lot from these crawls!

[@willhorting5317]

@@paullarimore8598 👍

[@garyspaun5237]

Really great to have a guy who works on cars also present automotive information.

[@michaellinner7772]

I loved those Dodge trucks from the 70s. The problem was that the GM trucks were so ubiquitous that they were usually the truck to get if you wanted one that was easy to maintain. Love the videos Steve, great job. 👍

[@alcyr5655]

Mopar truck enthusiast since early '80's, first truck '57 D100 V8, two spd, push button with wrap around rear window. Went through a lot of modifications in a small garage. A couple of pop top Ramchargers. Half a dozen square bodied Ramchargers. I've owned from new '91,'95,'98 and '01 Dodge 4X4's. From my service rig days, messy divorce, back in '02 lost my '01 V10, 5spd Quad Cab. Got my first Powerwagon, an '80 Clubcab 360, 4bbl, 4spd. Long box where the only options are the cargo light and dual tanks. A few D100's later, bought a used '15 Powerwagon, loved it, traded for a used '18 Powerwagon, love it. I'm 55, and not trying to brag about what I've owned. I'm just a die hard Mopar guy that still owns the '57, the '80. Yes it's nice to hit the command start when it's -30C and see the '18 fire up. But I know the '80 PW will start at -35C, I just have to be in t to pump the throttle, and adjust manual choke. No fancy electronics.

[@jfu5222]

I could use a Power Wagon this morning! Shoveling heavy snow for almost two hours and still not done. That's after a bigger snow from yesterday. The risk/reward ratio has me skipping work today. The drive home across Minneapolis to St. Paul yesterday afternoon was the sketchiest I can remember. Be safe out there. If you're in the Eastern US, watch out, here it comes again!

[@googleusergp]

Hopefully you have help from your friends such as Ariens, MTD, Toro, Craftsman, and others. That's the only way I roll in the wintertime. I don't have one snowblower, I have fourteen of them. LOL. I just sold one a few weeks ago, thinning out the herd a bit.

[@Hard_Right]

@@googleusergp my snowblower has a tractor with a heated cab and a nice comfortable seat ! i like to snowblow in shorts and a t shirt while i watch my neighbor follow his around all dressed up like he's snowmobiling 😂😂

[@Hard_Right]

@@googleusergp also i noticed you didn't mention john deere so do you really even have a snowblower??😂😂

[@jfu5222]

@@googleusergp I have one, but at 5am I feel like an asshole if I fire it up. I really don't mind shoveling, keeping my driveway and sidewalk clear is one of the few areas of my life that I seem to have my shit together!

[@googleusergp]

@@jfu5222 Not me. I'll fire the thing up at 4 AM if I have to get ahead of the snow. Most of mine are Tecumseh powered and let you know that they are operating. I once started up four of them at once to run them out of fuel. It sounded like four big blocks going at once. LOL.

[@JohnnyAFG81]

As soon as I watched my first episode of Simon&Simon I fell in love with these Dodge trucks!

[@saturnfivehynrgrc581]

Always ❤ those Power Wagons. Thanks Steve.

[@SteveMagnante]

Right on!

[@tonyfriend7413]

ANYTHING CHRYSLER Corp.

[@MechaFenris]

I've loved Dodge trucks.... ever since Dad brought one home in 1984. :)

[@zzzoo2]

Thanks Steve! I love stepsides, whatever each company calls them, and a Power Wagon stepside, even if the bed’s a swap, is icing on the cake.

[@sombra6153]

I never was much of a Dodge light truck fan, possibly due to brand loyalty at the time (Ford) and experience with the Army’s versions that were probably one-ton 4x4s with 318 two barrels. They road like the proverbial lumber wagon but I don’t remember anyone in units I served in getting stuck in one. They were probably successors to the original military Power Wagon. I remember the old TV show, “Simon and Simon” where one of the brothers drove a Dodge truck and made regular reference to the “Power Wagon.” Your videos are highly educational. Automobiles are every bit a part of American history. Give these junk yards another 100 years and there won’t be much left of these tarnished gems but hopefully your presentations will live on in the digital universe. If the museums where restored versions still exist, they won’t tell the whole story like your daily ten minutes of expertise do.

[@darrenbrisson4336]

Nice to see you got better you must've been delirious

[@ericfaley9019]

Good old Dodge work horse. Not to powerful. Enough to do the job and some.

[@jruzich43]

Sweet truck. I had a '73 W100 w/ a 360 and my first vehicle was a '75 D100 w/ the 318. Good times.

[@portrait1001]

Tuned in and watched the full interesting video. Glad to see the junk yard dog doing his thing. Thanks for the video

[@Carl09of09]

I always liked those old Dodge trucks

[@o.c.smithiii2626]

8:44 “ my bother signs the traveler’s checks inside the glove box door.”

[@karl.weaver]

Loving the Grey Fox look!

[@pre1980cars]

I hope someone comes and rescues this truck, it looks worth restoring

[@Alwhite1929]

Always liked that body style of Dodge. My dad had a 73 Anda 79 over the years. I liked the fuse block and glove box on them.

[@mrfarmer532]

Love the Power Wagon ❤

[@wondersteven]

I owned a bronze 73 Power Wagon Sweptline. Loved that truck. Had dual fuel tanks, one behind the seat and a plastic tank under the bed. Filled both tanks from the single filler cap where the filler was on this truck. If you wanted to fill the tank behind the seat, you put the nozzle straight in. To fill the aux tank, you had to put the nozzle at an angle. I think it held about 50 gallons of fuel. Popped a timing chain on it when I was two hundred miles from home but was able to nurse it back to home base where I changed the timing chain and drove it for a couple more years.

[@JimmyMakingitwork]

Those were my favorite Dodge Pick Up bodies....well, other than the VERY old ones like in the 30's and 40's, but those are even more rare. Thanks for the overview Steve!.

[@bradwilliams4921]

Thank you the video. If is nice to learn about old vehicles.

[@FrankBullitt390]

One of the best 360's to start with, the early ones had a lot of meat around the bores like the 340's

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

So true Frank!

[@jeffparris8387]

I laugh at every dog bark. Took me a while to realize it was happening.

[@greghardy7239]

I had a 77 snow commander that was full time 4x4. It was the best 4x4 I ever had. It did things that other 4x4 wouldn't think about. Danm good truck.

[@stevekovacs4093]

Dad bought a 72 D200 when they first built. Ordered it from the dealer. Extra heavy duty front and rear springs, 360 4 speed close ratio transmission, disc brakes and optional 9.50 x 16.5 10 ply tires. Even had a dash mounted throttle knob. It was an Adventurer. He hated me for insisting on the 4 speed. The spring and tire options were also my idea along with the anti spin differential. He would not pop for a lousy radio, I think it was around a 30 buck option. [He lived through the great depression] Even so I remember it was a little over 4000 out the door. Drove it till 81.

[@IrishAmericanMcCLanahan]

That's your diamond in the rough. it's worth saving!

[@danielstratos4254]

Thank you Steve for all your teaching. I worked at our family automotive repair shop since I was a young lad, and it really gives me joy seeing each daily video and learning things I never knew. Appreciate everything you do. Take care!

[@danielstratos4254]

I also love the dog and bark you add in each clip, that's a great touch 😉

[@shelbylancer454]

Great video Steve, one neat thing about the fuel fill, those trucks had 2 fuel tanks. If you looked in the fuel filler neck it had two fill holes in one neck, hold the nozzle up to fill the cab tank, hold the nozzle down to fill the frame tank.John Knarr.

[@chrishoward4546]

GREAT work sir!!!! THANK YOU for all your hard work!!!!

[@SteveMagnante]

Much appreciated!

[@gordtulk]

Drove a government of Newfoundland power wagon with the 440 4bbl (no snow plow) manual trans. Thing was a beast and guzzled fuel. Probably worth a fortune today had it survived.

[@wreckerjonny6144]

I drove my 79 power wagon from 1991 when I bought it when I was 18 drove it right up til 2018 when cab fell apart. But found another one to replace it with so it's on the list to be put together. Very tough truck

[@NORTHERNROVER1]

I grew up on an army base base in the 1960s that had lots of tough old 50s era Power Wagons still in service. Fast forward to the late 70s and I was working as an apprentice mechanic for Bell Telephone which had these Dodge trucks(plus a lot of vans) like in the video and they were excellent. The Fords and Chevs got a lot of hype but the Dodges were the best in my opinion. Cheers!

[@bradhampton6457]

I always enjoy your junkyard crawls Steve. The word you were looking for was “Sweptline” Chevy called theirs Fleetside and Ford was Styleline.

[@bengtnilsson8780]

Thanks for the lesson. You are a true teacher.

[@brettjones5041]

a wealth of auto history . especially mopar. cheers

[@dfb1111]

I had a 74 Plymouth Trail Duster with the 360 as a plow truck, it was a Beast. It would rust just standing there watching it but push snow like nobody's business. The fuel consumption in the 360 was amazing also.

[@kenttalsma7906]

Amazing as in "WOW, I'm getting 5 mpg" or "15 mpg for a plow truck is amazing".

[@dfb1111]

@@kenttalsma7906 Yes, amazing BAD. It was full time 4x4, and was in the 5-7 mpg range with a rebuilt motor. Slightly better with the front drive shaft out and a locked transfer case to drive it as RWD when not plowing.

[@DeweyCheatumNHoweLLC]

My buddy had a 77 Trail Duster, 360 4bbl. He joked it got 10mpg no matter what you were doing, including hauling his 70 Charger hemi car to the Mopar Nationals

[@CR7659]

The 89 Ramcharger I had with a 360, 2 wheel drive: 11 MPG uphill, on the flat, downhill, if Whistlin' Diesel dropped it from a helicopter, 11 MPG

[@patdesrosiers6423]

A buddy in Mass had a Sno Fiter around that vintage and I don’t remember if it had the engine driven pump or the self contained Meyers type setup like our half ton plow trucks at my former employer. Thanks Steve, always enjoy the classroom crawls

[@larrygulick6080]

What I enjoyed most about PV4 were the articles written by Granville L. King. His wit, wisdom and writing style were always entertaining.

[@davidchristensen6908]

My morning start off with coffee and Steve M. I live in Oregon so you videos are posted up early in the morning. I make coffee and. Watch you daily video. Thumb up on everyone. I do enjoy the dog showing up in the videos.

[@chrisscearce]

Hi Steve, great video on this Dodge truck. The nearby city used these Dodge trucks well into the 80s. I remember going to an auction they had back then, and it was a Mopar wonderland. All the cars and trucks were Dodge or Plymouths. l was after some of the retired staff cars to flip. Police cars were trashed. But those 1 tons really worked hard and were beat on. They looked like someone had used them for wood trucks their entire life and didn't care where they threw the wood in. Everything was painted white with the city's seal. After that, the city went GM, and the very next auction, they took 2 days instead of 1 to sell everything. The city must have lost a fortune having to auction off 2-3yr old vehicles instead of the 10-15yr Dodge and Plymouths. OUCH! Looks like that finger of yours played bump stop on a door or something. Stay safe out there, Steve. Thx for what you do. Namaste 🙏🏼

[@savedin87ify]

Love that body style. 360 is a awesome engine. My 99 4x4 extended cab had theb360 in it. Ran until 250 thousand miles. Heater core went out. Trained it off. On a Jeep

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

I kinda like those old heavy duty trucks! They where just simple and functional. Just imagine the story’s that truck could tell if it talked! I still think it’s still restorable!

[@autonomous_collective]

That dog is just everywhere!

[@eddean6663]

I had a 79 Power Wagon short bed. 360 red and white. Fulltime 4 wheel drive .

[@ogbean86]

Absolutely a bed swap on that one. Not to say it wasn't a utiline to begin with. Note the embossed lettering in the pre 71ish tailgate. I have a 1965 swb utiline in the same color that bed is. Mine being a /6 225.. 3spd.. 3.91 8 3/4 rear. That bed was used forever on utilines.

[@milesmania1150]

All I want to know more about is that sweet 86 Trans Am next to it

[@ram50v8]

A little research came up with this, PV4 - OWNERSHIP: Bond-Parkhurst, a CBS division, initally created the title. It was sold to Petersen Publishing in May, 1982. Publication under the original name ended in April, 1984 when it was re-titled to Pickups & Mini-Trucks. This new title continued for a short period until June, 1985.

[@bonniewalker2619]

thank you Steve for another wonderful video about old cars...

[@SteveMagnante]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@philippetays4263]

those hoods with the indentations like that i think we called them "Bird Bath " hoods

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great vid, always liked the Power Wagons!!

[@angingls656]

Great video. Favourite parts- what's in the box sudden beer reference. - diff- differentiation from truck..,.to car. Who knew? Not me. Thanks Steve

[@debbiebermudez5890]

Mr. B . Morning ! Outstanding vehicle for a plowing , while station in Alaska was part crew help plow run ways & runs ! Thanks Steve great video.

[@SteveMagnante]

Good morning!

[@kevincruz4045]

I miss my green 72 Dodge style line D100 /6 four speed. I loved how the hood collected water if it rained or you washed it.

[@reedostiguy9502]

Another good video. Thank you Steve.

[@stevengamsby8376]

I have a 1974 W-100 with 440 and came stock a Dana 60 rear with Pawsey, and with a Dana 44 front plus’s 2 gas tanks one in the cab and one on the drivers side total of 60 gallons of Gas got it in high school 1978 still have it today and driving great

[@martyniner8893]

This was a great video! Love the utility truck vids like the “Sno-Fiter”

[@frankjones4094]

That truck is too solid to leave there. Someone please rescue it.

[@janderson8401]

My old boss had a B200 van for his own use and a D300 dump truck that his brother drove. I would quite often get sent to pick up materials in the dump truck. After I left to work for another contractor I remained friends with my old boss and after his brother retired he would occasionally say that he should get rid of the D300. I would occasionally say “how much do you want for the truck?” The answer was always “well my son still needs it once in a while. I better keep it.” The truck was a 1985. My old boss died in 2010. His son sold the truck ( not to me ) in 2015 or 2016. I think it still had much less than 100,000 miles on it.

[@jimgerock9190]

The hood design allowed water to stand in those recesses if the truck was facing slightly downhill. My father once owned a 75 D100 with the 318V8.

[@jruzich43]

My first vehicle was a 75 D100 w/ the 318.

[@robertmiller1916]

Like those “Water Trapping” hoods!

[@conrailjohn6682]

Wow, fantastic information! Great job!

[@hilyardholler7326]

My gosh we drove so many of those in the USAF in the eighties .....

[@edwardpate6128]

Same in the US Navy!

[@michaelzang9739]

Just recently found and enjoy your KZbin channel. I always enjoyed your TV shows also.

[@brianbloom1799]

Great video as always. Thanks Steve

[@ericbrawand1079]

Got a 78 440 powerwagon and I'd love to have that utiline bed.

[@johngranato2673]

Great to find the manual, Steve. Thanks

[@markc5593]

Dad had a "78 Ram Charger with a 360 when I was a teenager, that thing was a tank.

[@frederickhettesheimer2698]

I love the old Iron. Keep the good stuff coming Steve.

[@kerrykeim8484]

I had a 72 W200 style side the same color blue. It was a modified 360 4 bbl on an offenhauser intake and had Mallory dual point ignition. It had been lifted by the previous owner, had a four speed with granny first gear. It was one hell of a truck... wish I had it today.

[@bruceprentice6441]

My dog loved my 85 Dodge, just like Lockjaw is enjoying this one.

[@theobsoleteman7935]

Please do a video on a 73 to 79 ford f250 4x4 highboy. Love the videos keep up the great work!

[@johnh3476]

I had a subscription to PV4, it was a great magazine.

[@andycarlson6390]

I have a blue 1972 D200 step side pickup. Mine has the spare tire structure on the pick up side. Mine also had the 16 1/2" wheels which can be a big problem in getting replacement tires. I solved this problem by getting "big hole" 8 lug 16" wheels. Both were available from Ford and Dodge. Chevys use a "small hole" 8 lug which won't fit over the hubs on a Ford or dodge. Being a California truck, my blue dash cover is crumbling away so I recently got an Oregon used cover which is still quite usable. I come across very few long bed step side dodge pickups so this is a joy to watch on your tube.

[@papawoody9597]

Back in that truck's day it was loaded with all the extras. Keys, paint, tires... These days, nobody would buy it because it doesn't have power sunvisors, heated floor mats, 3 sunroofs, and a 42 speaker surround sound system. My dad always used to say "All that fancy equipment is just more shit to break and quit working."

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

I miss my 77 Adventurer 2WD pick-up. It was beat up, but a good truck

[@ashleysipe470]

Outstanding content. Your a machine steve!

[@powerwagon3731]

Hey Steve it’s called a bird bath hood because they like to hold about a half inch of water, perfect for the local Robins.

[@MrRhino10]

Ooh that Mitsubishi behind it. Seen it twice in the last couple of vids. Please do that Steve.

[@dougackerman4182]

Always great content Steve

[@daveb227]

Was that a GPS locator on the dogs front leg ?

[@buckballard7409]

I loved PV4. Mini-trucks, Lowrider half tons, trick vans, Blazers, Broncos and Scouts… Sorry it’s not still around.

[@mikewasfaret9563]

By 77 400 and 440 were available in 4X4 for sure. I know because I have one of each.

[@rightlanehog3151]

Steve, The magazine and the Dodge are a reminder of the time when very few people needed 4 wheel drive. Have you any idea what percentage of total fleet sales in 1973 were 4WD? The 73 Caprice wagon in our family certainly was not. 😉

[@xfactorautomotive1496]

I bought a black shortbox, step side 4X4 dodge for a plow truck like 25 years ago. Cool looking tuff old truck...I really liked it, but holy cow did it guzzle gas! I think it was a 1978-ish 1/2 ton and I thought it was a 400, but I could be wrong and it was only a 360...but that old girl was thirsty. Jeez

[@tkflanagan4449]

Just WONDERFUL!!!!

[@savedin87ify]

Awesome Dodge. I would love to have it. The 360 is a awesome engine I have had 2 Dodge 1500 4X4

[@danrosenello4847]

Talk about a pretty rare truck. I’ve never seen a long bed stepside Dodge in real life. Only this one and the one that was on both Vice Grip Garage and Dylan McCool’s channel.

[@ramcharger500]

Steve love your videos I just wanted to let you know that trucks through the '70s the w000 were available with big blocks I have a '78 w100 with big block 400,

[@dallasgibson7578]

Fun fact about the 4 speeds in these old truck, standard would be the new process NP435 granny low, but optional was the NP445 close ratio 4 speed, both 1:1 in 4th, I didn't know the second existed until I swapped my w100 with a trans from a 79 power wagon and none of my 435 shifters fit LOL

[@dand3975]

Did those Dodges use the New Process 205 gear drive transfer case with the 435? The truck in the video had Warn lockout hubs, wonder if those were stock or if Spicer hubs were stock?

[@dallasgibson7578]

@@dand3975 I believe the heavier duty ones did, the case behind my 445 is a chain driven full time 203 I believe, the 79 power wagon it came from also has a full time Dana 44 with the small bolt pattern without the hubs at all

[@dand3975]

@@dallasgibson7578 the full time 203 was a good transfer case. Ford, GM, and Dodge used it coupled to automatics. I did not care for the aftermarket 203 conversion kits to part time. Ford, GM, and Dodge used the 205 coupled to truck 4 speeds (435 and 465 new process) the factory lockouts seemed to be Spicer, big hubs were more desirable. Lot of the Spicer lockouts we're swaped for Warn's. I have a set of Selecto lockouts, I really like 100% metal no plastic.

[@tertessa]

Someone for sure needs those rear fenders and tailgate..

[@markhamrick9078]

Good ol' Power Wagon! 👍😎

[@GreyRockOne]

Thanks Steve! Love the 360! Very smooth engine.