I had to update this page because my links I had used no longer work. Fortunately, I found an image of a FC-160 from India (at least the Flickr page claims it is a FC-160 — feel free to correct me on this). This picture was taken in January of this year by Vaibhav Bhosale.
“In 1965 Mahindra & Mahindra of India began assembling the Jeep FC Forward Control. Mahindra introduced its versions to include the FC-160. The FC-160 (and later FJ-160) uses a frame which is 2.33 meters in length. The FC-150s frame was 2.05 meters while the FC-170 used a frame of 2.63 meters in length. Thus, the FC-160 was an intermediate truck, marketed to supplement the FC line and the final version was only manufactured by Mahindra & Mahindra.
The pick-up box was designed and manufactured by Mahindra and there were other bodies which were available. Additionally, the base FC-160 chassis was used in the manufacture of a mini-bus which uses the basic front face of the FC. Currently, Mahindra’s FJ-460 and FJ-470 van or mini-bus vehicles still retain the appearance of the original Forward Control. These vehicles can accomodate from 11 to 15 passengers plus the driver”
Caption from flickr: One of the three Jeep models built by Mahindra & Mahindra. This vehicle was used by my school to train the students on Automobile subject. We used to play hide n seek when it got abandoned.
hey I’ve seen this page before this is first website i found on FCs when I was looking for one. I read somewhere that Mahindra recieved the tooling to build the FCs in the mid 60’s but were unable to be shipped over seas to the U.S. and I believe all the demensions are the same as the U.S. but I’m not sure it something to look into though
Thanks for using my photo and linking back. I will try to get some more pictures and details once I visit India. I have seen some other old models nearby where I stay and they are still in good working condition.
Yes, any pictures you can take of old Jeeps or Willys would be wonderful and I will share them with readers. The are both fun to look at and instructive about the different ways Jeeps/Willys were used. Thanks!
– Dave