Despite selling nearly 100,000 Dodge Power Wagons in America from 1945 all the way through the end of its production run in 1980, seeing one of these rigs is super rare. And seeing one that’s in this configuration and in this kind of shape is…well, damn near impossible. 

The history of the Dodge Power Wagon begins with Dodge's 3/4-ton WC series of World War II military rigs. Their experience building these beastly wartime vehicles was leveraged to produce “the truck that needs no roads,” which is how they introduced it to the civilian buyer. But that wasn’t the only way Dodge marketed the Power Wagon. When it was introduced in the mid-1940s, they described it as a “one-ton general-purpose truck designed for off-highway operations on unimproved roads.” 

Likely due to the model’s military pedigree, the first Power Wagon sales brochure called it "The Army truck the boys wrote home about ... now redesigned for peacetime use." They went on to say, "The Dodge Power-Wagon is without competition. No other truck manufacturer offers a model that is at all comparable. The Dodge Power-Wagon was designed and built to meet a definite need. It is a vehicle built for continuous operation under extreme conditions. Four-wheel-drive gives it tractive ability for off-the-road service that would stall an ordinary truck. It takes you places you wouldn't expect any truck to go." Turns out, it hauls too. 

For those interested in whether the $53,995 asking price is fair, we present to you some Classic.com data showcasing sales in the last 60 months. You’ll see that the rolling average sale price is a whopping $90,309, well higher than the price for this breathtaking rig.