A Look Inside Cast in Chrome: The Art of Hood Ornaments - The Mack Bulldog

This is the first in a series of five videos related to Cast in Chrome: The Art of Hood Ornaments, on view April 24 - Oct. 31, 2021 at the Frick Car and Carriage Museum.
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[@Jonesee53]

Late 70s I met a QC guy from Mack and asked if there are ever any reject Bulldogs. He had never seen one . The next week he showed up with a gold one with stepped mounting threads. I still have it>

[@carlrockaway1696]

do you make hood ornaments ?

[@BH-W]

So it was probably the late 1960s, when I was about 8 or 9 years old. Korea was still an underdeveloped country back then, and people were hungry. I remember our next-door neighbor had a used truck. I think it was a Mack. There was a metal bulldog on the front of the truck, and I remember it had a silver sheen. It looked so glamorous to me, and I really wanted it, so I climbed up to the engine compartment and tried to pry it off with my small fists, but it wouldn't budge. Of course, there was no way a 7 or 8-year-old's hands could have removed it. That memory is so vivid. I haven't seen many Mack trucks since then, and I didn't even see one when I traveled to the US as an adult. Of course, I should have gone to a place where trucks gather. It's a product of my childhood memories.

[@neilouellette3004]

I have the gold plated Mack Bull Dog on it's original stand. Back in the late 80's I helped a widowed elderly lady "plumbing job" and didn't charge her. She said I could have any 1 item down in her basement in her past husbands work area of my choice. I picked the Mack Bull Dog as it was sitting on a workbench shelf like a trophy. She was more than grateful. Always wondered the value of my Gold Mack Bull Dog on it's own stand in perfect shape.