Land Rover Series IIB Forward Control
File: 2018002-0402
Land Rover Owner International Show at the East of England Arena, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Saturday 15th September 2018.
About the photograph.
This is a Land Rover Series IIB Forward Control. For more details about the vehicles, see section titled About the overall subject below.
Here, this Series IIB FC is outfitted to serve as a fire engine, most likely to be an airport fire engine, rather than a general fire brigade one. This is just a guess based on the reason it’s painted in white rather than red.
I don’t have an in-depth information about this very vehicle, I’ve no idea who owns this, when did it first enter services, and so on.
Here, this white Series IIB FC fire engine is seen parading around the muddy truck, around the arena, for spectators to see.
About the overall subject.
Land Rover Series IIB Forward Control.
With special thanks to @DanielWarden for pointing out to me that this is a Series IIB FC, not as I mistakenly thought, a 101 FC.
In the beginning, the Series IIA Forward Control is basically a Land Rover Series IIA 109 wheelbase 4x4 car.
They simply remove the body and the cockpit, leaving generally the engine and chassis, then fit a cab over the engine in order to give more space behind the cab, thus giving the illustration that they turned the car into a truck.
Point of note: While the cab is positioned above the engine, the steering wheel is positioned slightly ahead of the front wheels, hence the term Forward Control.
It was first launched in 1962, with a 2.25-litre petrol engine, and 109 in wheelbase. About up to 2500 were made, most have a utility body, but a lot of them had customised bodywork done.
Later on in 1966, they made the Series IIB Forward Control, with a 2.25-litre diesel engine as an option. Heavy modifications were done to the model, to improve it, including increasing the wheelbase to 110” and production finally ended in 1974
Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
You are welcome to comment on my photographs, but only about the photographs, or the subject in the photographs, or your similar experience. The comment boxes are NOT adverting spaces or billboards for the groups. Comments with clickable links to groups are considered as clickbait spam and therefore will be deleted.
Land Rover Series IIB Forward Control
File: 2018002-0402
Land Rover Owner International Show at the East of England Arena, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Saturday 15th September 2018.
About the photograph.
This is a Land Rover Series IIB Forward Control. For more details about the vehicles, see section titled About the overall subject below.
Here, this Series IIB FC is outfitted to serve as a fire engine, most likely to be an airport fire engine, rather than a general fire brigade one. This is just a guess based on the reason it’s painted in white rather than red.
I don’t have an in-depth information about this very vehicle, I’ve no idea who owns this, when did it first enter services, and so on.
Here, this white Series IIB FC fire engine is seen parading around the muddy truck, around the arena, for spectators to see.
About the overall subject.
Land Rover Series IIB Forward Control.
With special thanks to @DanielWarden for pointing out to me that this is a Series IIB FC, not as I mistakenly thought, a 101 FC.
In the beginning, the Series IIA Forward Control is basically a Land Rover Series IIA 109 wheelbase 4x4 car.
They simply remove the body and the cockpit, leaving generally the engine and chassis, then fit a cab over the engine in order to give more space behind the cab, thus giving the illustration that they turned the car into a truck.
Point of note: While the cab is positioned above the engine, the steering wheel is positioned slightly ahead of the front wheels, hence the term Forward Control.
It was first launched in 1962, with a 2.25-litre petrol engine, and 109 in wheelbase. About up to 2500 were made, most have a utility body, but a lot of them had customised bodywork done.
Later on in 1966, they made the Series IIB Forward Control, with a 2.25-litre diesel engine as an option. Heavy modifications were done to the model, to improve it, including increasing the wheelbase to 110” and production finally ended in 1974
Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
You are welcome to comment on my photographs, but only about the photographs, or the subject in the photographs, or your similar experience. The comment boxes are NOT adverting spaces or billboards for the groups. Comments with clickable links to groups are considered as clickbait spam and therefore will be deleted.