page_title: Ford C series
section_title: C series COE (1948-1956)
hierarchical_section_title: Ford C series / C series COE (1948-1956)
caption_attribution_description: 1955 Ford C-600 COE. Seen in parking lot, Olympia, Washington
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: Like other automotive manufacturers that built COE trucks before the 1960s, early Ford C-series trucks were "helmet-shaped", cab-forward trucks that shared components with pickup trucks (the F series, in this case). From 1948-52, they were simply COE versions of the F-5, F-6, F-7, and F-8.  For 1953, they were redesignated the C series, but largely remained modified F-series trucks.
  Models consisted of the C-500, C-600, C-700, C-750, C-800, C-850 and C-900. Like the F-900, the C-900 also included a "Big Job" model.  Diesel-engined trucks included an extra zero in the model designations (i.e. C-8000 or C-9000).
caption: "Helmet-shaped" COE (1955 Ford C-600)
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