Big Red - 1953 Ford C600 COE
1953 Ford COE Cab Over Engine C 600 Truck
Big Red was on display at the 2017 Rev It Up Car and Bike Show held in downtown Lawrence Kansas.
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 designated as 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).
Big Red - 1953 Ford C600 COE
1953 Ford COE Cab Over Engine C 600 Truck
Big Red was on display at the 2017 Rev It Up Car and Bike Show held in downtown Lawrence Kansas.
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 designated as 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).