Jeep may be known for SUVs and trucks like the CJ, Wrangler, Gladiator, and Wagoneer, but it also built a cab-over hauler from 1956 to 1965. At the time, the automaker offered a V8 version on top of ...

You're looking at one of the biggest showstoppers at last year's SEMA Show in Las Vegas. It's a 1958 Jeep FC-170 pickup truck with a set of tracks and some killer paint. Tracked vehicles have become ...

I traveled 2,500 miles to revive a 1958 Jeep FC-170, hoping that I could somehow get the vehicle back on the road. Unfortunately, the Jeep was infested with mice, its carburetor was in desperate need ...

In December 1956, Jeep was the first American truck manufacturer to introduce a production light-duty forward control (FC) truck. Ford, GM, and Dodge would soon follow, but Jeep would always be a step ...

Whenever one of Mark Stranahan’s two young sons rides in his pickup, the lad’s face becomes unusually serious. There’s something prepossessing about being surrounded by 19 square feet of glass while ...

"Maximum payload on minimum wheelbase" is how Jeep pushed the Forward Control. That, and its visibility, maneuverability, and stationary power from three separate take-off points. The motto back in ...

Mark McNabb was a contributor at TopSpeed from 2013 to 2018. Growing up, Mark always had a mind for tinkering on random items throughout his home and dad’s garage, including a 1953 Ford Mainline and ...

Jeep's corporate owners have changed so often that it's a wonder it has maintained a strong identity as a purveyor of go-anywhere 4x4s and pickups. Even in eras when automotive badge engineering often ...

As a kid I found myself attracted to small Jeeps. My home was the small town of Woodland Park, Colorado. At a nearby Gulf Service Station was an olive-green Jeep FC-170 wrecker. The wrecker had a ...