P600

The P600 was Ford’s heavy-duty parcel-delivery chassis, part of the company’s P-series commercial truck line. It was not a conventional passenger model; instead, it was sold as a specialized delivery platform for upfitters and fleet users, typically built to carry custom bodies such as step vans, delivery boxes, and other commercial applications. Ford truck parts and service literature show the P600 in the mid-1950s, and later Ford truck data books and service references still list the P600 parcel-delivery chassis in the 1970s, indicating a long continuous run rather than a short one-off variant. Within Ford’s truck hierarchy, the P600 sat among the heavier parcel-delivery ratings and represented the more robust end of the series, aimed at demanding urban delivery work. The nameplate is especially associated with utilitarian commercial use rather than retail passenger-car marketing, which is why surviving examples often appear in delivery, fleet, and specialty-body configurations rather than in standard trim. By the late 1970s, the P-series designation was being phased out as Ford’s truck lineup evolved, and the P600 disappeared from Ford’s parcel-delivery listings after 1979.