Dodge Power Wagon Engines by Year

The Power Wagon, derived from Dodge's wartime WC trucks, was the first civilian production four-wheel-drive truck, sold from 1946 to 1968. It always used a flathead six. The later Ram Power Wagon is on the Ram 2500/3500 page.

Pick a year to see every engine offered that model year, with its code, rated horsepower and the trims it came in. Each engine links to its full specs.

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1946–1950: 1946 · 1947 · 1948 · 1949 · 1950

1951–1956: 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956

1957–1968: 1957 · 1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968

1946–1950

The 230 L-head six.

1946 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	94 hp gross	WDX 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1947 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	94 hp gross	WDX 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1948 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	94 hp gross	B-1-PW 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1949 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	94 hp gross	B-1-PW 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1950 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	94 hp gross	B-2-PW 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1951–1956

The 230 six, with higher compression from 1953.

1951 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	—	B-3-PW 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1952 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	—	B-3-PW 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1953 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	—	B-3-PW / B-4-PW 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1954 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	—	C-1-PW 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1955 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	—	C-3-PW 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1956 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	—	C-3-PW / C-4-PW 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1957–1968

The 230, then the 251 six from 1961.

1957 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	—	W300 (K6-W300) 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1958 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	—	W300M 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1959 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	—	W300M / WM300 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1960 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
230 inline-six (T137)	—	WM300 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1961 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
251 inline-six	—	WM300 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1962 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
251 inline-six	—	WM300 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1963 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
251 inline-six	—	WM300 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1964 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
251 inline-six	—	WM300 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1965 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
251 inline-six	—	WM300 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1966 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
251 inline-six	—	WM300 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1967 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
251 inline-six	—	WM300 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

1968 Power Wagon engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
251 inline-six	—	WM300 4x4 (Military Type pickup and chassis-cab)

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