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Running late for work this morning , then the road was closed and i had to follow a diversion .... and then i met this pulling out of a junction.




The owner said he has had the truck for many years. It had some bent tubes for carrying logs ( or somthing ) on the back along with a box for assorted sundries.. The owner said it alos has a large box that goes on the back and at one time he had a whole caravan mounted behind the cab. The truck is running a perkins diesel engine with a range rover gear box.

I saw this truck many years ago at a classic car event on the Severn Valley Railway and until i bought my FC it was the only series FC i had ever seen. i have told the owner about the club and passed on my contact details i hope he gets in touch

I think this image may be the same Forward control with the caravan


May be we will here from him soon, it certainly brightened up my trip to work.

Looks like the same truck. Strange it's got the IIA rear spring setup

Not really when you consider it could well be just a collection of various parts put together. That looks like an extended wheelbase to me as well.

I think its running on smaller tyres which makes the proportions look strange.

Small tyres or not, that ain't no 109" -or 109 3/4"- wheelbase.

DVLA says:
Vehicle details
Vehicle make LAND ROVER
Date of first registration July 1971
Year of manufacture 1959
Cylinder capacity (cc) 3300 cc
CO₂Emissions Not available
Fuel type DIESEL Export marker No Vehicle status
Tax not due
Vehicle colour GREEN
Vehicle type approval Not available
Wheelplan 2 AXLE RIGID BODY
Revenue weight 3499kg

year of manufacture 1959 first registration July 1971 Certainly sounds a bit odd, given that we know it has a range rover box and a Perkins engine it could well be a home made special.