page_title: Ford C series
section_title: Design history
hierarchical_section_title: Ford C series / Design history
caption_attribution_description: English: Firefighters fighting a file in Huachuca City, Arizona Polski: Strażacy gaszą pożar w Huachuca City, Arizona
context_page_description: The Ford C series is a range of trucks that was assembled by Ford between 1957 and 1990. The first cab-over engine truck produced with a tilting cab by Ford, the C-series replaced the C-series COE variant of the F-series, produced since 1948. Produced as both a straight/rigid truck and a tractor, a wide range of versions of C-series was produced, ranging from Class 5 to Class 8 GVWR ratings. The C-series was also used as a basis for fire apparatus production.
  Produced for 33 years nearly unchanged, the C-series was the longest-produced commercial truck in North America at the time of its withdrawal; only the Mack Model R and Kenworth W900 have remained in production longer. In 1986, Ford began phasing in the Ford Cargo in North America, serving as its replacement after the 1990 model year.
context_section_description: As Ford started squaring off its vehicles in 1957, they finally gave the cab-overs their own designs separate from the rest of the Ford truck lineup.  It featured a small grille near the front bumper, with a four-pointed star emblem on each end,  the word "F O R D" spelled out below the windshield, and had a cog-and-lightning bolt crest emblem between the headlights. Variations of this emblem were found on many other Ford trucks during the 1950s and into the 1960s. The C series held onto this logo the longest.
caption: Ford C-series fire truck in action in 2010
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