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Mar 29, 2015 | 10:08 AM

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ms_michelle

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From: Smithville TX.

I took the site down. It pained me to do so but I was having some techinal problams with it and every time I would get things straightened out with the tech people the same problem would crop back up in a couple of weeks. I finally got totally agrivated with them and just closed the site down. Maybe at some point I will put it back up with another server. You would not believe the number of hours I had in that site. Hundreds of hours. If I get it back up it will be some what limited as to what it uesd to be.

Apr 27, 2017 | 05:10 PM

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watongaokie

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I'm sorry to hear that your site is down. I am excited that there are restored N series out there as I am looking at picking one up. You don't see them restored any more and that's a shame.

Jun 29, 2018 | 11:36 PM

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Tim Spencer Jr

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N950 resurection. Looking for a vin devoder.

N95kuf90190 and info would help.

Jun 29, 2018 | 11:54 PM

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85e150

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Originally Posted by Tim Spencer Jr

N95kuf90190 and info would help.

Please repost your info in the Large Truck forum.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum232/

Thanks.

Jul 22, 2019 | 08:33 AM

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poppatello

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Over a year and no post. Did u all give up ur N series trucks? Where are the pictures???

Jul 22, 2019 | 08:06 PM

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Over a year and no post. Did u all give up ur N series trucks? Where are the pictures???

OP got some info, not sure where he went. No pics.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post18065672

Jul 15, 2025 | 09:31 PM

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1968F250429

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Originally Posted by Birken Vogt

The C series did not run quite that long, it was dropped in 1993. I have one of the last, a 1990 model. I hear tell by that time they were having to use big rubber hammers in the factory to get the body panel bolt holes to line up. Seems the tooling was that worn out from stamping so many of them.

Apparently the 3208 Cat was designed specifically for this truck (it was called an 1140 back at first, then it progressed through several models to 1160, then Cat renumbered their engines). The 3208 started in the early 70s and was also on its last legs in the early 90s. A bit smoky, but quiet, and nice to drive.

Apparently it was dropped because of the lack of a suitable big V8 to replace the 3208 which was no longer certifiable for road use. Other engines used in the C included some Detroit 2-cycles, the forgettable Cummins "triple nickel" 555, the terrible 8.2L Detroit 4-cycle, and of course the Super Duty gas V8 series. At 10.4L and 250 HP the Cat was the top of the heap. A little sluggish by today's standards but really not all that bad even now.

Birken

the c series was produced from 1957 till 1990. I think the only reason they stopped was because of the cab tooling was so worn out . It could have been almost an immortal truck. I have a 76 c750 Boardman fire truck that im going through and slowly getting back on the road.

Jul 15, 2025 | 10:59 PM

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Louisville Joe

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There was also another reason. The new emissions compliant diesels that came out in 1990 all had aftercoolers, and the C series floor could not acommodate the engines. The grille of the C series was too small for adequate air flow as well. Ford intended to replace the C series with the Cargo in the early 80's (Ford of England had developed the Cargo series and the Cargo was also being produced in Brazil) but customers still wanted the C series, so Ford kept it going as long as they could.