mackcl96 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 hello distant family,My wife got me a gold dog (Design Patent 87931) From one of her many yard sales.I have seen many chrome and only a few gold dogs on E-bay.The one I have has the driver side eye that sits lower on the head and a casting mark on the chinWhat years chrome?What years gold?What was before this design?Any info on dogs would be interesting.Thanks again, Jim Quote Thanks for hearing me out.You can have the soap box now---------JIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaddeusW Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Gold dogs meant you had a Maxidyne engine under the hood during the late 60's/70's and early 80,s. Nowadays its the symbol of an all Mack drive line with no third party components. Quote -Thad What America needs is less bull and more Bulldog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bollweevil Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Older Bulldogs had longer ears and a spiked tail. I've been told that the change might have had something to do with OSHA. Herb, could probably say for sure, and put a time frame to the change over. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 The gold Bulldogs first appeared in 1966 on all Maxidyne powered trucks.Maxidyne engines were painted gold.In '79 EPA issues forced Mack to quit using the gold paint.The Bulldogs remained gold until early '81,when they returned to chrome.About the same time,the ears and tail were bobbed because someone caught their ring on the dogs ear tilting a hood,resulting in a lawsuit.The gold Bulldog returned on the CL Elite in '93 or so,and then in '95 they started putting the gold dog on all purebred Macks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Gold dogs meant you had a Maxidyne engine under the hood during the late 60's/70's and early 80,s. Nowadays its the symbol of an all Mack drive line with no third party components. Yep,the '77 I drove was all Mack and had a gold bulldog,the '79 had a Cummins and Fuller trans. with a chrome bulldog. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 The gold Bulldogs first appeared in 1966 on all Maxidyne powered trucks.Maxidyne engines were painted gold.In '79 EPA issues forced Mack to quit using the gold paint.The Bulldogs remained gold until early '81,when they returned to chrome.About the same time,the ears and tail were bobbed because someone caught their ring on the dogs ear tilting a hood,resulting in a lawsuit.The gold Bulldog returned on the CL Elite in '93 or so,and then in '95 they started putting the gold dog on all purebred Macks. some people seem to live looking to sue somebody for something to "get rich quick",whether it's for the coffee being too hot or the bulldog's ears being too long. Nobody is responsible for their own actions. hmmm...my hood don't tilt,but I could claim I was drunk and high on crack and tripped and when I tried to break my fall I grabbed for the hood of the mixer and caught my ring on the dog's ears and pulled my finger off,and sue the ring maker, the liquor distiller, the crack dealer,and bulldogs with ears that are too long. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackcl96 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Gold dogs meant you had a Maxidyne engine under the hood during the late 60's/70's and early 80,s. Nowadays its the symbol of an all Mack drive line with no third party components.So thats why all the new trucks now have chrome dogs (A full Mack drive line dose not exist anymore, ) Quote Thanks for hearing me out.You can have the soap box now---------JIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackcl96 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 The gold Bulldogs first appeared in 1966 on all Maxidyne powered trucks.Maxidyne engines were painted gold.In '79 EPA issues forced Mack to quit using the gold paint.The Bulldogs remained gold until early '81,when they returned to chrome.About the same time,the ears and tail were bobbed because someone caught their ring on the dogs ear tilting a hood,resulting in a lawsuit.The gold Bulldog returned on the CL Elite in '93 or so,and then in '95 they started putting the gold dog on all purebred Macks.OK 1966 to 1981 on gold.are the chrome dogs the same from day one up till 81 ? Quote Thanks for hearing me out.You can have the soap box now---------JIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvester Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 My LJ has lost its Dog and from what I can tell the proper one stands only on its hind legs. Any other clues how to Identy the right one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK Trucking Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 My LJ has lost its Dog and from what I can tell the proper one stands only on its hind legs. Any other clues how to Identy the right one?All of the Bulldogs up until 2001 stood up on their hind legs - they were proud.Since 2001 (the V*lvo takeover), well, their new foreign master abused them, so now the Bulldog is cowering, wondering when he'll be "put to sleep". Quote "If You Can't Shift It Smoothly, You Shouldn't Be Driving It" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Amen preach on bro herb preach on have a safe one Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Come on fellow Mackians when is the last time you saw a bulldog standing on its hind legs? I don't think you could make that happen even with a dozen pork chops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 i caame out of Back yard burger w/ a burger fries & coke last winter & the liked came off the hood to bite me trying get my lunch later yall & have a safeone Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 This one is..."mackian" Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK Trucking Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Here's what happens when a Bulldog takes Viagra:(Today's edition of "fix that post"). Quote "If You Can't Shift It Smoothly, You Shouldn't Be Driving It" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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