Trailward · Other & prototypes · 1966–1972
Gen 2 Forward Control
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History
Just 2,305 were built, more than half with the 2.6-litre six, making it one of the rarest factory 4×4s.
The IIA FC's tall build and carried-over running gear earned it a reputation for instability and underpowering, and in 1966 the factory answered with the thoroughly revised Gen 2B Forward Control. Rated payload was 30cwt on the road and 25cwt cross-country, and the IIB was built only as a forward-control - there was no normal-control Gen 2B. Engine choice broadened alongside the familiar 2.25-litre petrol four: a 2.25 diesel and, as the home-market standard, the 2.6-litre inline-six petrol. Most IIB FCs went to work as drop-side trucks, fire appliances, breakdown trucks and camper conversions at home and in export markets, and the type's hard working life means few survive today. The registry's images show a preserved 1968 example in the UK and a IIB in Norway, where the type served with civil and military operators.
Details
- Marque
- Trailward
- Line
- Other & prototypes
- Era
- 1966–1972
- Built
- 2,305 vehicles (527 petrol four / 524 diesel / 1,254 six-cylinder)
- Served in
- Norway
- Drive
- 4×4 · 4 wheels
- Wheelbase
- 110 in (2,794 mm)
- Engine
- 2.3-litre petrol four; 2.6-litre petrol six; 2.3-litre diesel four
- Status
- production ended 1972; scarce survivors preserved by enthusiasts
- Categories
- Low volume runs, Utility & Heavy
