The Jeep® Forward Control Page
A few of Daniel Hornberger's Forward Controls.
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This site is dedicated to all who own and love Forward Control trucks built by Willys-Motors and Kaiser Jeep® from 1956 to 1965. This page was created with the intent of providing information of a technical and historical nature that is accurate and useful to the owners, maintainers and restorers of Forward Controls and other Jeeps. To that end, I welcome all comments, suggestions, criticisms and other inputs in the hope that this page will be meaningful and useful to all.
I apologise for being out of the loop for all of 2006. I have been busy with both my civilian and military occupations. My wife has decided on a mid-life career change and is now returned to graduate school for a second Masters degree. I am considering a career change and together we are thinking of relocating. I also just needed a break. I have found over the years that if you take on the task of hosting a website, eventually the website takes on a life of its own. I thought seriously of taking the site down.
Craig Brockhaus has an excellent site up now so why keep this going? Well, I've decided to tough it out a while longer. I must admit that I have enjoyed being part of the FC community and this site has been instrumental in bringing FC afficiendos together. I appologize to those who have sent info about their FCs. I am trying to play catch-up now. Please note also that me E-Mail address is updated. I can be contacted at dhartling@fastmail.fm.
Visitors to this site: 
I understand that the Forward Control Willys Jeep Association is ended. The Association had been "Dedicated to locating, preserving and operating all Willys Jeep Forward Control vehicles." I think it was getting to be too much for Jack Weisinger to continue to produce the newsletter. Good luck in your future endeavors. Jack!
Now check out the:
Forward Forum
A Forward Control Bulletin Board
I am attempting to gather some of the discussions from the Forum and place them in the site. On the FC brake page is a discussion, taken from the Forum, on servicing the Forward Control master cylinder. Below is a link to a board started by Woody Del Mar. I want to encourage you to use it as a supplement to the Forward Forum.
Woody Del Mar has started a Forward Control news group at Yahoo. Click here to connect to it.
Herb Russell is starting a Forward Control FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) site designed to answer that burning question which you may have but didn't realize that a dozen other people have already asked. The site is in its Beta stage and you can see it by linking to the FC FAQ SITE.
An Open Letter to Forward Control Owners
A Brief History of the Forward Control
Civilian Forward Controls
Brand new Forward Controls in India
or whatever happened to the FC-160?
Just When You Thought You Knew of all of the Forward Controls, Along Comes the FC-190?
The Forward Control Enlists (Not the first Jeep® to prepare for war!)
The Commuter
A Family Van That Might Have Been
How Many Forward Controls Were Built?
Specifications From the Forward Control Technical Manuals
Forward Control Fire Trucks
Derek Redmond over at the CJ-3B site has put up this page of Forward Control Fire Trucks. Just follow the link above to see them.
Forward Control Registry
The following people have added their Forward Controls or had their information updated in the registry during the first three quarters of 2006 (January to September). If your information has changed, please e-mail me and let me know. Thanks. (By the way. I know that sometimes there is a lag time between the time you email your info to me and I get it posted. I appologize for this but it can't be helped with the schedule I am currently keeping. I do read all the mail I get and update the site as soon as is possible.)
Mike Butts 1959 FC-150
Jason Wessler 19XX FC-150
Keith Butler 1958 FC-170
John Beese 1964+ FC-170
Sid Polk 1960 FC-150
A Forward Control Marketplace
Forward Control Toys
See recently added photo of Bill Kriegbaum's FC toy and model collection and updated info on Tomte toy cars.
The Forward Control Reference Library
Magazine Articles Featuring the Forward Control
Jeep® Clubs
See The 'Jeep' Fleetvan FJ-Series
(Not a Forward Control but another cabover engine 'Jeep' truck.) at Derek Redmond's CJ-3B site.
Jeep® Links
Parts and Literature for the Forward Control
This site is for the use and enjoyment of anyone interested in maintaining and restoring the Willys Forward Control Truck. This site is not-for-profit and neither endorses any product nor receives compensation from any company which may be mentioned on this site. Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the material presented here, however the site administrator claims no responsibility for errors or ommissions. Jeep® is a registered trademark of the Chrysler Corporation which in no way endorses this site.
This page is owned and maintained by Danny Hartling of Barre, Massachusetts. All material on this site not previously credited is copyrighted, Daniel G. Hartling, 1997-2006. The rights to all images used here belong to their owners. This site is created with the help of HotDog Pro and Page Spinner
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Last updated 14 September 2006
