2.2 Dodge Power Wagon (no longer a Land Rover Defender)

The rear will be 4 linked and a stand up Pede tranny will go in the middle.

And I think this may end up being an axle over leafs set up.

looks like a good start Rene.

Thats it for today.

The rear axle is not attached yet, I just put it there to give an idea of the wheel base (11.5").

nice. what leafs are those?

The leafs are Juggy leafs with one taken out of the pack.

The top links in the rear are stil wrong, but it give the basic idea. I am also going to try and turn down a set of TLT shocks, and mout the fronts with out springs (mid stroke) and the rears with internal springs for a drop set up.

looks like its coming together nicely.

I have switched the plan from a 1.9 Land Rover to a 2.2 Power Wagon. I think that the hard stuff is done now. I just need to add a couple mounting plates for electronics and make an internal cage to attach the interior to. And the build a winch and figure out all the electronics. I will have to run this of a DX 6 because I want a proportional winch and maybe some lights.

that is a cool looking rig rene i like the power wagon body better for the 2.2 it goes good together hope you can get it done before the next comp i would like to see it run a little if not competeing just running around and see how it climbs on the rock hope to see it runn rene

hey Nick

This truck will only be used for the scale comp in Augusta, not our local comps. I have the red buggy for that, but hopefully I will have time this week to build a new 2.2 Tuber for Moab.

ok rene i see but i hope you do good at augusta. when is it and how fare is it i would like to go also and i know doug would like to go i think but no one has sayed the dates on here i dont think so any way but if it is on a sunday i would like to go and try my lucjk at the little trucks lol

thanks tony for the dats bro

great lookin rig Rene.
Nick the augusta dates are June 22-24th i think.

Thats a good looking truck. Good luck with the build.

that is a good looking build. the geo's fill out the fender wells nicely. is that regular square stock frame?

hey there

the steel frame is 1/4" by 5/16". The longer dimension is horizontal. It take alot of heat to get that to bend as tight as I wanted. But I do not have a brake in my shop, maybe that would have helped.

The truck runs and crawls. It does very well but I hate the way that the front shackles stick out. If you square up an approach they just anchor into the rock.

The front end needs to be 4 linked too.

Here is todays update;





I just need some internal springs for the front and make the whole thing 5 to 10mm longer so that it fits the body.

Here is the Power Wagon finished, I did not have time to post pics before the comp because I worked on the truck till 2:00 AM the morning of the comp.