Heritage Reforged in Steel and Diesel: Desert Power Wagons'

5.9L 24-Valve High-Output Cummins® Turbo Diesel 1946 Crew Cab

Reimagined for 2025

15 October 2025 by Desert Power Wagons, Castle Hayne, North Carolina

Desert Power Wagons proudly presents its latest handcrafted legend

- a 1946 Crew Cab Power Wagon reborn in arresting Mercedes-Benz® Electric Green Metallic. Completed in October 2025 after countless hours of expert craftsmanship, this machine stands as a fearless intersection of American heritage and modern performance.

It's equal parts showpiece and workhorse - built to command attention on city streets and dominate far-flung trails with the same effortless authority.

TIMELESS DESIGN • MODERN POWER

Born from a Tisdale Coachworks crew-cab chassis featuring rear suicide doors, this reimagined Power Wagon honors the silhouette of a legend while embracing 2lst-century materials and precision.

The Electric Green Metallic finish radiates energy — evoking the flash of a lightning storm over desert sand - and contrasts beautifully with gloss-black fenders and running boards. A hand-laid Biltmore White Ash hardwood bed floor with polished stainless slats anchors the design in craftsmanship's golden age. Every line, seam, and fastener has been shaped to achieve one purpose: to fuse beauty and brawn into a single, unstoppable form.

At its heart beats an upgraded "Stage 1" 5.9L 24-Valve High-Output Cummins® Turbo Diesel, producing over 400 horsepower and 900+ Ib-ft of toraue. The build features a Fleece Performance® Cheetah™ Turbo, Banks® high-flow billet intake plate, 30 percent-over injectors. and billet timing components - turning raw diesel muscle refined, usable power.

That power flows through a Randy's Transmission TorqueFlite® 48RE 4-speed automatic and robust NV27 transfer case, with SSBC® 8-piston Big Brakes standing re all that torque when the trail ends and the pavement begins.