Ford C series truck
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Manufacturer: | Ford |
Sales designation: | C-Series |
Production period: | 1957 to 1990 |
Class: | Commercial vehicle |
designs: | Flatbed , fire department |
Engines: | Petrol engines : V8 4.9 liters and 5.4 liters |
The Ford C-Series was a truck produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1957 to 1990.
History
As Ford sought to upgrade its vehicles in the 1950s, it realised a cab for the front cab on the chassis of its predecessor in 1957. This one had a four-star logo on each end of a tiny grille that covered the front bumper. A Cog and Lightning insignia was put between the headlamps, and FORD was inscribed in huge letters below the windscreen. Variations of this emblem were applied to many other Ford trucks during the 1950s and 1960s. From 1954 to model year 1962, the Ford C-series had the Lincoln Y.-V8 gasoline engine in 4.9 liter version with 196 hp (146 kW) and as a 5.4 liter version with 212 hp (146 kW) on board. After the introduction of the diesel engine it was still available for some years as an option. The 1961 HD Series with 7430 cc 220 HP Cummins Engine engines was the first Ford diesel engine truck in North America. In addition to a manual transmission was also a automatic transmission available as an option for the series.
The Ford C-Series although it was also marketed as a long-distance truck from Ford, it was mainly used in regional traffic and in particular as a fire truck , sometimes only as a chassis with a windshield. The first models offered as the C-series were models of the first Ford F-series . As early as 1980, the model series was partially replaced by the imported Ford Cargo . The model range was also used by Mercury in Canada as the Mercury M-Series Truck.
C series COE (1948-1956) .As with other automakers , trucks were built before the 1960s with long-haul cabins , including the early Ford C-Series Trucks, as the successor to the Ford Six and Eight . This had shared components of the pickup of the Ford F-series and was built between 1948 and 1952 as F-5, F-6, F-7 and F-8 and renamed in 1953 in C-series. This was a modified F-series and consisted of the C-500, C-600, C-700, C-750, C-800, C-850 and C-900. Diesel-powered vehicles received an extra zero in the model designations (such as C-8000 or C-9000).
Changes made to the C-Series truck during its production were minimal. If anything, these changes only affected the vehicle front and the emblems. Between 1958 and 1960, the C-series used square headlights. This was especially helpful for the fire departments that used the extra headlamps for the hazard warning lights. When the headlamp assembly was changed in the series, this remained an option that was offered exclusively for fire and other emergency vehicles. 1961, a Super Duty version was included in the program and another option was a long-distance option with sleeping.
In 1963, the front of the C-Series was updated with the same insignia of other medium and heavy trucks. The emblem now had the word FORD on a trapeze and the model number designation. This badge was used until 1967. Another new model was introduced when Ford entered the American 8 Cab-Over class. To do so, Ford upgraded the C-Series cabin with a larger grille similar to the T-Series and upcoming N-Series trucks, and the front axle was placed further forward. This model was commonly known as Falcon. It was Ford's first model in the heavy-duty COE market and was replaced in 1966 by the W-series.
In 1968, government regulations required side indicators, reflectors or lights, which Ford took from the F-Series, where they had been fitted to the bonnet since 1967, and added to the C-Series at the doors. Unlike the F-Series, where they disappeared in 1973, they were retained in the C-Series until the end of production in 1990. In 1972, the Canadian Mercury version M series truck was discontinued and offered from then on as Ford.
The year 1974 was the last for the COG-and-Blitz crest that graced the C-Series from the beginning and other Ford trucks since the 1950s.
In 1981, Ford introduced the Ford Cargo , which was imported from Europe for the time being , which made the C-Series cabin look like an age-old design. From then on, the C-Series was sold mostly only as a service car, while the commercial sector resorted to the cargo. In 1990, finally, the production of the C series was discontinued.
The cab was supplied by the Budd Company to the Ford Motor Company. Other truck manufacturers needed Ford approval to use them. The exception was Mack , which was involved in the development and received most of the body parts of Budd, but put this on its own own floor pan. At least four truck manufacturers used the Ford C-Series tipper cab. Best known was the Mack model "N" which was produced between 1958 and 1962. The four-wheel drive manufacturer Auto Company used Ford C-Series cabs for its large-capacity airport trucks. In Canada, fire truck manufacturer Thibault from Pierreville used Québec also manufactures C-Series parts for their individual non-commercial chassis trucks.
