CT800

This heavy-duty cab-over nameplate was part of Ford’s C-series truck family and identified the tilt-tandem configuration, positioned above Ford’s straight C800 in the medium/heavy commercial lineup. It appears in Ford’s 1970 heavy-truck model-code listings and remains present in later Ford data books and broadcast booklets through at least the 1980s, showing that it was a long-running vocational truck designation rather than a short-lived special model. The nameplate belonged to Ford’s cab-over-engine work trucks, used in applications where shorter overall length and a more forward-control layout were desirable for hauling, delivery, and other commercial-duty jobs. In Ford’s internal model-code tables, the designation is associated with tandem-axle heavy trucks and tilt-cab packaging, reflecting the era when Ford offered a broad range of conventional and COE medium/heavy trucks under the C-, CT-, L-, LT- and related series. Because I could not confidently verify the exact final model year from reliable sources, the ending year is left open.