Thread: How many civilian Forward Controls are there.

If it is a good looking truck it is a 101 - if it is ugly as sin it is a series 2 fc

Garry

Originally Posted by JamesB

Had another look over the FC at yeppoon , it has an under slung rear diff and the head lights are towards the bottom of the front panel so that makes it a S11B. Learn something new every day

What is the owner doing with it? Is it potentially for sale.

Don't know if its for sale Mick. It's parked outside a holiday house and nobody has been around to ask. If I see someone there I'll ask the question.

It's been a while but Im pretty sure there is a S11a/b in Taylors yard in Bonniedoon in Vic, he rarely gets rid of anything so if it was one then it would probably still be there.

It was sitting next to 2 Kombies and an old Nissan patrol (the original ones) behind the main workshop.

There is a member on here from up that way, "Bruce" I think is his name, maybe he can confirm if it is one or is still there.

Hi, I know of three FC in W.A. as I owned and then sold them before returning to UK in 2002 where I live now.
1. S2a 109 4cyl , found on farm took 5 years to get and stripped down to restore, sold to british vehicle enthusiast living in Capel W.A. IIRC
2. S2b 110 no eng, fitted with chyrsler hemi and delivered to Sandstone W.A. to be finished as camper , no tray as bought no3

3. S2b 110 6cyl with trayback sold to Perth LRparts dealer as returning to UK licenced good runner I used as bushfire truck with 1500ltr tank and 9hp twin impellor pump and watercannon.

I know of two at least:

Somewhere late 90's I bought a 2a cab chassis in need of much TLC from Anthony Maeder up Ballarat way just before he moved to Qld. Didn't really get much done, then it sat in Fred Smiths yard for a bit, as I was looking for an Isuzu 3.9 to put in it. Fred found one - already under another 2a FC - '67, with a camper body. I bought that, and sold the first one to a guy up Mt Dandenong somewhere - Andrew something I think, who did some work on it, but put it up for sale again as a project a little later.

The one with the camper body was built by Tony Brewis (LROCV) in 1979 inspired by Vic Jaegers. After some use by his family it was sold to Don McGillivray (also LROCV) who changed it to suit a couple, and had the 3.9 put under it. It was in this condition that it appeared at Cooma 98 (as per the piccy someone posted earlier. After we got it, Fred did a bit of work for us and we took it around Tassie for 10 days with 2 adults and 2 toddlers. By the time we got back the list of changes to the interior was very long, so we completely stripped it and had it professionally redone. It's got an LT95 box, and Disco steel rims with 50mm offset - helps nicely with the stability.

Apart from the Cooma photo, I think it also appeared on Lloyd Allisons Land Rover pages, and I lent it for use as a support vehicle for a cross-Australia bike ride (Perth-Melbourne) for charity Second Bite earlier this year.

I'm (reluctantly) selling it - posted under both Vehicles and Camping as I wasn't sure what section fitted best.

LROCV also has an FC register, but not sure how many are on it. Registrar is Eric Shingles in Gippsland (maybe the owner of the one people have spotted down that way?).

Somewhere I've probably still got the chassis no. of the one I sold, and of course can grab the no of the camper.

Just remembered, seen one last year (IIA- can't remember now, have to find the photo.

It was in Moama NSW just north of Echuca VIC

Full hard top with seats in the back (left to right)
Had done a lot of touring in the NT.

Originally Posted by JamesB

Had another look over the FC at yeppoon , it has an under slung rear diff and the head lights are towards the bottom of the front panel so that makes it a S11B. Learn something new every day

I think I saw this one when I was up that way visiting a mate a couple of weeks ago. It was at Meikleville Hill, is that the same one?