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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $800
(01/18/2011) No engine or tranny.
“1960 Jeep FC170, good body no engine or trans. 3/4ton 4×4. forward control. for more info please”
UPDATE; **SOLD** Was $1850.
Brian spotted this great find. It runs, drives and looks pretty solid. This is a steal at this price.
“1958 Jeep (Willys FC-150), Classic four wheel drive (high/low) everything is here. Come out and drive it. A turn-key-and-go antique ready for finishing. $1850.00 OBO.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $500
Comes with spare motor.
“Not running. Spare motor comes with it. This is a great restore project. Cab and chassis. Asking $500 or best reasonable offer.”
This appears in good condition. It seems like a good price.
“This is a very rare Jeep Foward control dual rear wheel truck. Jeep made only 1610 . Alot of work and money on this truck. It runs drives and stops well. A new flatebed dump out of diamond plate. 7 brand new traction tires call 603-651-8686 Thanks”
http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/2300710704.html
UPDATE: **SOLD**
1. 1961 FC-170 DRW 226, 3 spd, all original drive train, has radio and heater. $20,000
2. 1965 FC-170 Kaiser, very good original body and good bed floor, 283 V8 advance adapter, T-90/D-20. a nice project truck. $5,000
3. 1961 FC-150 wide track, it has a great body. no motor or trans. It has 70s Blazer 3.08 44F and 10 bolt 6 lug axles, installed. $2,000
4. 1957 FC-170 cab and chassis, 8 lug 44F and Dana 60 rear 4.10 gears, it comes with really good front fender flare rubber edge. $4,000.
As I mentioned a couple days ago, the FC Round up was this weekend in Arizona. Well, I didn’t have time to make it down there. But, that didn’t stop me from having a FC Round Up of my own.
A reader asked me to check out a Forward Control for sale about 45 minutes north of me. I had some time today, so I drove out to meet with the seller, Daryl, who was awfully nice and very informative.
Well, it turns out Daryl didn’t just have 1 FC, he had 5: 2 FC-170s, an FC-170 DRW, an FC-170 with an expertly extended frame and aftermarket Dually setup, and an FC-150. Daryl had a story about each one and pointed out some things I didn’t know. Daryl and his son developed an interest in them a few years ago, brought them home, and hope to get working on them soon.
The nicest one, which Daryl has for sale, runs and drives, so he took me for a ride. It was the first ride in an FC for me and, hopefully, not the last! We cruised up the road a bit, then cruised back. I had hoped to take a video, but the video on my phone stopped working (turns out it was operator error, but I didn’t figure that out until later).
He said he didn’t mind if I posted a few pictures, so here they are. Thanks for a fun afternoon Daryl!
Here’s a shot of their collection:
Here’s an FC-170 that was used for years by a farmer to feed his cattle. But he had a problem, how could he stand on the back of the FC and toss the hay off the back and drive at the same time? His solution was his custom auto pilot contraption. He would get the Jeep going, attached his ‘auto pilot’ and then climb into the back and throw out hay as he drove along.
This FC-170 DRW has a racheting system to raise and lower the spare tire. I don’t remember ever coming across other FCs with that. Unfortunately, it was hard to get a great shot of this.
UPDATE: Price dropped to $1400. A reader took a look at this and gave the following report: There was no documentation on the Chevrolet drive train components. It supposedly has a rebuilt 350, with AT and has a GM rear end of some kind. Front diff appears stock. Cab is decent outside. with some pinhole rust. Glass appears good except for drivers door. Inside of cab is trashed. No seats. No cover. No air cleaner on engine. Carb is full of dust, bugs and whatever, so it certainly does not appear that the engine has been taken care of. Bed looks useable, with. some rust on flat panels but restorable. Owner said he had a title, but he could not produce it the day I was there.
(05/25/2010) This is still a project.
“1963 JEEP WILLYS TRUCK FC 150. IT WAS OUR PROJECT VEHICLE BUT CANT DO IT NO MORE, NEW V8 350 ENGINE, RUNS. NEEDS INTERIOR AND BODY WORK. ASKING $1400 OBO. call (five 6 two) 577-577 zero.”
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/cto/2286353422.html
This looks nice.
“I have a 1957 willys fc170 jeep with 44,000 original miles this truck has been well maintained and is ready to be started and driven this truck would make a good work truck or collectors item. please give me a call if interested please no wasting time if you have the money and wanna look at it then we can talk thanks call 9137316756”
http://topeka.craigslist.org/cto/2280465720.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $10,000
This looks nice.
“FC-series trucks were produced through 1964, but never in large quantities, so that makes this baby a collectors item. More importantly it’s so FUN to drive!!! She looks great and runs even better!!!!!!!
The Jeep Forward Control (FC) is a truck that was produced by Willy’s and then Kaiser Jeep from 1956 to 1965. The design of the truck is also called a cab forward or better known as a cabover or COE for “cab over engine”.
This truck is easy to drive, feels safe and secure and the cab-forward design gives the driver great visibility and excellent maneuverability. They are very rare, very collectible vehicles……and this is a very rare opportunity……don’t miss out!!!”
UPDATE:**SOLD* Was $500
There’s some value here.
“This jeep is complete but has not run since ive owned it. Good start for a resto project.”
