In a fashion similar to the Checker Marathon or Volkswagen Beetle, changes to the C series trucks throughout its production were very subtle.

[1] In 1961, Ford reverted to the single-headlight design; the regular C series cab closely resembled the 1957 version.

For 1963, the C series was updated with the same cowl insignias used by the rest of the medium- and heavy-duty truck lineup.

The logo had the word FORD on top of a trapezoid with the model number designation.

Unlike the Ford F-Series, which removed them for 1973, the C series would retain them until the end of production in 1990.

In 1961, Ford introduced a variant of the C series in order to move into the Class 8 COE market.

With the higher placement of the cab, space was available for a larger grille, visually similar to the N-series conventional trucks which were introduced later.

The cab cutouts for the C-series front wheels were turned into underfloor toolboxes and luggage space.

[10] Some referred to the Ford tilt-cab as the "Budd" cab, implying it was an off-the-shelf item available to anyone.

The exception was Mack, which bought most of the major cab stampings from Budd and assembled them itself on a floor pan of its own design.