Re: 6x6


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Posted by Lyle Van Wert on January 21, 1999 at 18:05:35:

In Reply to: 6x6 posted by brian kelly on January 21, 1999 at 14:41:32:

I have to assume you are talking about old Power Wagons. In WWII Dodge built a 6x6. It was essentially a stretched 3/4 weapons carrier. It was designated WC63 and WC62, a 1 1/2 ton. (With and without winch.) Of course they weren't Power Wagons. The Power Wagon came out when the war ended. It was the first Dodge with a two speed transfercase. Reportedly Dodge built at least two 10x10s. Stretched 6x6s if you will. Idi Amin, the crazed dictator in North Africa of the 70s had one of them that he kept in an underground garage. After killing off a good portion of his subjects he was deposed and the disposition of the truck is unknown (at least by me). The second one is still in use here in the US at an undisclosed location. I know of one 6x6 M37 created by a guy in Denver. The WC 63 and 62s are around and sometimes are for sale in Military Vehicles magazine and Supply Line of the Military Vehicle Preservation Association and sometimes down the road or around the corner. Good luck Lyle


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