Resting Relics: Dodge Power Wagons, International Harvester trucks - I pick an old body shop (+ more

I'm late to this party! better late than never......... This was My Power Wagon,I Sold it to Mr. Schmitt back in 1983 for $700 dollars. He came to my station in Hazelton ND after answering an add I posted in deals on wheels magazine. It was purchased new here in 1948 by a farmer. He actually plowed with it! The next owner was my wifes step grandpa, then the Standard oil dealer bought it for the gas station wrecker which came with the service station when I bought the business. It had a top speed of 48mph, with tire chains it was damn near unstoppable.

That is so sad. It reminds me of my Dad when he died and I had to auction off his life's work. People crawling through his things. It broke my heart and cut me to the bone to see the disrespect shown towards someone's life. I realized then the world stops for no man after he dies it just keeps on turning and slowly we lose an era and a way of life.

Man, when these old relics are gone they are gone. No more on east coast hardly. The rate they are being ‘harvested’ there is amazing. This is historical footage you are creating.

Wow Man the POWER WAGON is Unbelievable, always liked them, & the UNIMOGS had a 1963 404S AWESOME TRUCK 2 😀👊👍✌🇺🇸

It’s wet slippery road conditions and normal dry road conditions, it puts air to the front axle the rearend , nice thanks , that ol wrench kinda is neat , thanks BigAl California

Sad to see things like this come to an end probably was a thriving little shop back in its hay day 40/50 years ago life probably was good and lot more simple .

Cool video 😎

Those bits in the little tin can with the small wrench are spot weld hole cutters (mini hole saws) commercially know now as Rotobroach a company in Illinois still makes them as sets.

that power wagon is cool

A rare classic.

My grandpa worked in the oil fields. He had a drilling rig mounted on a 47 international. Back in the 60s. Still have black and White pictures of it. On the job.

The dry road/slippery road switch @17:45 is the front brake limiter.

Man I'd love to find a original power wagon probably the greatest pickup of all time with the exception of the Toyota hilux maybe

The star of the show is got me to watch. I collect and restore Power Wagons in the condition this truck is in depending on the engine turning over and the trans and transfer case there is going to be some labor involved in getting it moving under its own power. What is generally assumed (by my experience anyway) is depending how long it sat without moving I have see where the differentials need all new bearing and not at all surprised if the ring and pinions are pitted or at least half of them. The trans and transfer case will need all new bearings and seals I am sure that engine has not had an easy life so your looking at an overhaul there and of course the clutch also. Full brakes including the master and all 4 wheel cylinders. The fuel lines and brake lines where all steel so your going to have rust both inside and out, deal with as fits. Get rid of that wrecker assembly in the bed, some folks think that might add value but it does nothing but hurt the value when it comes time to sell. If the crap in the back was gone, the engine was running and the truck able to move under its own power and stop to some degree and it was cleaned up as good as possible the truck was worth around 7500.00 IF these things were done. Just the way it was sitting there with all the unknowns and there are a LOT of them the truck was worth maybe 4500.00! Omy does it need a lot of work. I am doing a 50 Power wagon right now and it had only 18K original miles but it sat and sat and sat I will have a fair bit of money and LOTS of time into this one since I stripped it to a bare frame and virtually everything will be brand new the frame and entire drive train in powder coater diffs all new along with the trans and transfer case fully rebuilt I went all stainless steel brake lines and fuel lines when this truck is done I will be asking around $115,000 and it should sell without much trouble at all!

You know, that Dodge Power Wagon tow truck looks almost exactly like the one that was use in the movie "IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD, WORLD!" Johnathan Winters was the Charactor who drove the tow truck back in the 1960'S.

You got the "Darlin of the Dance"!!

Wow! I watched all that to see what the power wagon went for!? What a let down

I suspect the first large International you showed was made during WWII when chrome trim wasn't used.

Those old power wagons were like rolling tanks. My uncle still has a 48 power wagon with a flatbed.

this switch on dash in fender missing kb was a power divider for rear end axles. Mack had plate in dash that read dry road or wet road