My Land Rover Forward Control Blog

Well, the complicated stuff begins now as I started building the rear bodywork. Looking at the bits I had, I decided to use the existing Forward Control rear bulkhead and seat box in the original position and modify it to take the second row doors. This meant that I was going to have to sort out a new panel for the very rear of the cab area.

Off to raid the parts pile and find something suitable. As luck would have it, I have an old 109" rear tub from a Series 3 which is an ideal donor. The plan was to cut the front off the rear tub and use it to make a new rear panel.

A bit of work with cutting discs soon saw the bulk of the tub removed and a bit of trimming and drilling had the excess cut away. The body cappings will need to be sorted out to make everything look right, but the plan is to use a combination of the original side cappings from the 109 and a set of corner cappings from the rear to make it all look as it should.

A few pictures of today's efforts...