These are tough trucks anyway but for this one you had better get a tetanus shot. This 1960 Jeep FC-150 is located in Buckeye, Arizona where I should have moved after high school (not bitter). The seller has it listed on eBay with a buy it now price of $2,590.
We normally see comments about how front-heavy and tippy these forward-control trucks are, but this one may be a little more so with no box or no nothin’ on the back of it at all, just an exposed frame. Of course, it doesn’t really get tippy until a person drives it and this one is a long way from being driven. The seller says that it’s “From Arizona, was acquired from an estate last on road in 1992.” The cab actually looks great to me in the first two photos, but the “Front windshield is cracked in lower passenger side area about 6″ long, drivers and passenger roll up windows are cracked”.
And, even in this photo, the cab portion looks good other than surface rust. Now, about that missing box/bed/flatbed. All isn’t perfect in the passenger portion of this sweet ride, though. The seller says that this FC-150 had a sunroof “and that glass is missing which is why the floor boards and cab corners are rusty, water and leaves got in and sat inside for a long time. Otherwise very complete original vehicle, will need restoration or customization. Has been in AZ its entire life, see photos for condition, will need metal work on both floor pans, cab corners, and probably to fill in that sun roof opening.” They have included quite a few photos which is nice and there is even an underside photo.
Holy Mother of Jeep! That’s one interesting, modern-art-like interior. The seller explains the mess in there: “Way back in the day it had black shag carpet glued on the dash, doors, and basically all over the inside of the cab, the glue had long since dried out and it all peeled off in pieces, thats why the interior metal looks like it does, mix of dried out glue and black carpet backing.” That’s a shame but it’s something that I probably would have done in my reckless youth. Every square inch of this FC-150 gets media blasted by the next owner anyway so hopefully that isn’t a problem.
This engine should be the Willys F-134, 134 cubic-inch inline-four with 72 hp. Or, it had 72 hp when it ran. Hopefully, it will run again for the next owner. With a top speed of around 65 mph, I’m assuming that this truck will be modified rather than restored back to original spec. Hagerty is at $22,900 for a #2 excellent condition example so spend your money wisely. How would you redo this FC-150?
How cool that 30 plus years later, “styled” steel wheels from a Jeep Cherokee bolt up to this bad boy.
Surprising amount of folks that have these FCs here in AZ. I think there’s an annual gathering too. There’s one curious character in the area that drives one as a DD and rebuilds obsolete water pumps.
I think a little 4bt Cummins and a 5 speed would be awesome put a pickup bed back on it and have some fun dinking around the woods
way too heavy esp 4 off rd:
https://www.cummins.com/engines/repower
get a crate engine (2.8L).
My buddy showed us ‘nose stands’ in the 60s w/his.
Even @ that it’s not a ‘trail’ rig. More for open travel or w/new back a dump or hauler.
Nuttin wrong w/the i6 they had in some. Looks like a carter YF on this 4 banger?
A friend bought a restored version. Same color as this one with a newer wood flat bed at Barrett Jackson Amelia island maybe last year and dolled it up a little more with some new upholstery and went through the brakes and had a great time driving around for awhile. It draws a great deal of attention everywhere it goes including stoplights and parking lots and was a lot of fun.at this price you could do the same thing to it and have one unique truck. The finished out. Wood bed looked great on it. Some of these had a long bed that looks like a brut but not very attractive to me. Also my friends was an FC170 that looks the same just had a 6 cylinder motor.
And a longer wheelbase on the 170.
This would be considered “showroom condition”, compared to what happened to these up north.Not sure if it was the style of the cab that retained salt water in the corners, but the bodies literally fell off these things. They were very popular as plow trucks, because of their tight turning radius. They didn’t last long, and most had the guts pulled for CJ’s. Anything over, say, 40 mph, you better have your life ins. paid up. They were downright dangerous. Not one of Brooks Stevens better ideas, who said, he got the styling cues from bigger cabover trucks.
BTW, there was also a FC-190,that had a Ford V8, but never made into production.
Put a small block chevy with a high torque cam, no bed, put a fifth wheel, use it pull a fifth wheel camper, definitely be cool as hell
With 5:38 gearing in the diffs these max out at around 45 mph. This one appears to be missing the 250lb steel ballast lump that hung at the rear of the frame to offset the tendency to tip forward on hard braking
Swap rears and put a ford 9 inch, 3.73 gears, sbc, 6 speed trans and use as a tow rig for a fifth wheel camper
Huge group on FB. Look up COE. They do some wild things