Ford C model Cabs
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Ford C model Cabs
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Bill, I just saw a picture of a fire engine that has MACK name plates and bulldogs on it, but it (unless my eyes are going screwy on me) it is a 1959 or 60 C model Ford cab.
It is being told that these cabs were built by "BUDD" and sold to/used by Ford and Mack. This is the ONLY example I have ever seen yet in all my days working with fire apparatus. I cannot post a copy of the picture I saw on here, but I would gladly send it by e-mail to anyone who could post it in this thread.
Very strange combo, indeed.
Bill, I just saw a picture of a fire engine that has MACK name plates and bulldogs on it, but it (unless my eyes are going screwy on me) it is a 1959 or 60 C model Ford cab.
It is being told that these cabs were built by "BUDD" and sold to/used by Ford and Mack. This is the ONLY example I have ever seen yet in all my days working with fire apparatus. I cannot post a copy of the picture I saw on here, but I would gladly send it by e-mail to anyone who could post it in this thread.
Very strange combo, indeed.
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I had a thread about those trucks a couple years ago: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-c-series.html
They're pretty cool, only 900 or so were built.
Sam
They're pretty cool, only 900 or so were built.
Sam
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Rare truck! Only 863 were built by Mack. Structural differences however. Ford had a flat floor across the cab with the shifter potruding from it. Shift linkage went on the passenger side frame rail back to tranny. Mack cut a tunnel through the center of the cab and the motor was between driver and passenger. Their shifter was mounted on a tower that potruded into the cab above the motor on a short shaft, IH used a similar setup on their small cabovers. Mack put gas and diesel engines in theirs.
Truck builder FWD also used ford cabs on special trucks they built on custom orders.
Truck builder FWD also used ford cabs on special trucks they built on custom orders.
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