Last week for Throwback Thursday, we did a tribute piece on the Chrysler 300 through the Years, starting with its conception in the Chrysler Corporation with the chief engineer at the time, Robert MacGregor Rodger.
This week, we'd like to pay tribute to the Jeep Family, but in no specific order. We'll start off in this post with the 1960 Jeep FC-170.
Daring to break the mold from previous models, Willys Motors revealed its highly-maneuverable Forward Control (FC) series in it's four-wheel drive trucks division.
Essentially work trucks - the cab-over-engine design gave them a hoodless, flat-nose appearance. (And, while its "cab forward" styling had little in common with a traditional Jeep vehicle body design, the FC series was actually built on top of the existing CJ-5 chassis.)
The FC-170 was built with a 103.5 inch wheelbase and came with a six-cylinder L-head engine. It included pickup, stake bed, chassis and cab, plus the FC-170 was also available in a heavy-duty dual-rear-wheel version. With an 18-foot turning radius, even while hauling a load, the FC-170 became popular among workers and farmers as a vehicle that could go virtually anywhere!"
No comments:
Post a Comment