Antique & Classic Mack Trucks · On the Web Since 2000
OLDMACKS
The Bulldog Breed — a tribute to America’s truck, 1900–1966
The Registry
The Trucks
Four machines tell the whole story — a workhorse, a war hero, a classic, and the little chrome dog that watched over all of them. Study the plates; they were stamped for keeps.
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MODEL AB
The Workhorse · 1914–1936
| Years | 1914 – 1936 |
| Built | some 55,000 |
| Class | 1 to 2½ tons, light & medium duty |
| Served | grocers, breweries, fire brigades, the Army |
| Claim | Mack’s first standardized, volume-built model — the truck that made the name a household word |
MODEL AC
The Bulldog · 1916–1938
| Years | 1916 – 1938 |
| Built | roughly 40,000 |
| Class | 3½ to 7½ tons, chain drive |
| Served | the AEF & British Army in the Great War; builders, loggers & haulers after it |
| Claim | the blunt hood and bulldog grit that named the whole breed |
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MODEL B
The Classic · 1953–1966
| Years | 1953 – 1966 |
| Built | about 127,000 |
| Power | END673 Thermodyne diesel & gasoline sixes |
| Served | highway fleets, dumpers, mixers, fire apparatus |
| Claim | the round-fendered face of 1950s trucking — and the most collected Mack of them all. The B-61 tractor is the one everybody wants. |
THE MASCOT
Masury’s Bulldog · 1932–
| Carved | 1932, by chief engineer A. F. Masury, from a hospital bed |
| Patent | granted; fitted to every Mack hood since |
| Gold dog | all-Mack engine & drivetrain beneath |
| Chrome dog | everything else — still a Mack |
