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101 Forward
Control Land Rover pages
Conversion History
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PICTURES
OF THE CONVERSION:
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It used to look like this...
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...now it
looks like this. As you can see, the bulkhead,
cabinet and stretchers are removed. A cooker,
fridge and sink are fitted, and some drawers. See
below for more....
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Click here for more conversion
photos
The 'view
from the bridge':
 
On the left are
the gear lever (black knob) and transfer lever (red
knob). To the right of the gear levers is the handbrake.
Between them, you may be able to make out the diff lock
knob, hand throttle and heater controls. Above them, to
the left of the steering wheel, are the brake and clutch
fluid reservoirs.
This
frame gives a running log of the conversion from an
ambulance to a camper.
| Details
of vehicle |
Land-Rover 101" Forward
Control, 8 cylinder petrol
Ambulance bodied |
| 30/9/1977 |
Vehicle
built (Solihull, UK) |
| 30/7/1982 |
Vehicle
into military service |
| 28/6/1999 |
Vehicle
out of military service |
| 1/8/2000 |
Bought vehicle |
| 8/00 |
Removed oxygen/compressed
air equipment |
| 9/00 |
Started cab conversion:
- Removed flexible ducting to rear compartment
from heaters
- Tidied up engine cover - removed square duct
from here
- Re-did- Re-did notices (see below) |
| 11/00 |
Decisions made on
conversion seating and bed arrangements (thanks
to those browsers who made suggestions).
Front seats replaced with comfy ones.
Inertia reel seatbelts fitted to front seats. |
| 2/01 |
Started to pull the back
to bits!
Dividing wall at the back of the cab and cabinet
removed, interior lights re-wired to give
dim/bright and switching at front and back.
Upper stretcher carriers and elevating gear
removed.
Top storage racks removed. |
| 3/01 |
Last bits of compressed
air equipment removed (high pressure tank and
last pipes). |
| 7/01 |
Proper planning gets under
way. Wiring tidied. Rejigged interior light
wiring again so that ordinary domestic switches
would work. |
| 9/01 |
Finally figured out how to
take the elevating screws out. Also took out the
seat base extensions and the lower stretched
racks. Now LOADS more room inside! |
| 4/02 |
Been doing lots on the
engine and so on, so there's been a lag in the
conversion. However, now got the rear doors
sorted out - click here for pics. |
| 5/02 |
Planning completed. Cooker
and fridge bought and ready to install. Side
walls (interior) re-lines with nice, smooth
hardboard! |
| 6/02 |
Wiring sorted out
(finally), and mains and 12V 'first fix' (ie
cabling laid) completed. |
| 8/02 |
Cooker and sink fitted |
| 7/02 |
Fridge fitted |
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