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436: 424: 142: 412: 1640: 858: 33: 1650: 390:, but it never became a bestseller. A flat-sided (and thus wider) "Sweptline" cargo box came in 1959. The company also adopted the standard pickup truck numbering scheme, also used by Ford and GM at that time. Thus, the ยฝ ton Dodge was now called the D100. The traditional separate-fender body "Utiline" version remained available, with a 665:
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Since it still used the older cab design, the C series name was continued for Dodge's line of medium- and heavy-duty trucks (better known as the LCF series) through the 1975 model year, long after most of Dodge's other trucks had moved to the newer D series designation.
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also utilized the C series cabs for many of its medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Because Chrysler needed plant capacity for its newer light-duty truck models, manufacture of these later C series cabs โ€” for both Dodge and FWD โ€” was outsourced to
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Starting in the 1957 model year, factory four-wheel-drive versions of the Dodge C series trucks were produced and sold as the W-100, W-200, W-300, and W-500, alongside the older WDX/WM-300 "Military Style"
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Rebadged models, mostly from Japanese or Korean manufacturers
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of up to 9,000 lb (4,100 kg) on 1-ton models.
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Dodge Trucks History: 1954 to 1955 C-series pickups
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