Mack dogs
Submitted: Monday, Apr 19, 2004 at 18:54
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tdcockers
hi all,
i realise this probably sounds a bit silly, especially to those who konw what my set of wheels is, but i am really keen to get a mack dog to put on my bonnet
does anyone know where i might be able to find such a trinket and for how much?
Reply By: Rosco - Bris. - Monday, Apr 19, 2004 at 19:31
Monday, Apr 19, 2004 at 19:31
Oops ..... I was going to say something ..... but decided against it ... good luck old son.
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Follow Up By: Ralph2 - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 19:55
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 19:55
Hi ALL, Here's some trivia for ya, the gold Mack dog is only put on Mack trucks with full Mack running gear, the silver dog goes on the other Mack trucks with Cat motors Road
Ranger boxes etc.etc.in them.
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Reply By: Member - StevenL - Monday, Apr 19, 2004 at 19:39
Monday, Apr 19, 2004 at 19:39
Not trying to rain on the parade but make sure you look at the legalities with such things as protruding hood ornaments and also the attractiveness to the light-fingered brigade / vandals.
Why is it so hard to have nice stuff these days???????
Cheers
Steven
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Reply By: ross - Monday, Apr 19, 2004 at 21:12
Monday, Apr 19, 2004 at 21:12
I agree with the legal and ethical reasons against putting them on a lower bonnented vehicles.If you hit a pedestrian they can take a limb off and that is why new cars no longer have them.
Maybe you could blutak a fluffy poodle toy on the dash as a consolation.
As far as I know they come from the local Mack dealer but you often see them in trader mags for a few hundred, gold ones cost heaps more
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Follow Up By: tdcockers - Monday, Apr 19, 2004 at 21:16
Monday, Apr 19, 2004 at 21:16
hmm, good point. i guess thats the same with fishing rod holders and those sort of things that pedestrians dont like :-/
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Follow Up By: goingplatinumcomau - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 08:46
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 08:46
It has not stoped Rolls Royce puting there silver lady on the grill.
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Follow Up By: ross - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 11:49
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 11:49
Next time you see a roller go up and give the silver lady a good pull and it will come off.Its designed like this so when a pedestrian hits it you get less tomato sauce on the windscreen. Mercedes now have their emblem fixed flat to the bonnet.
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Follow Up By: Member - StevenL - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 13:06
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 13:06
I think you will find that on the latest Rolls the Lady is electrically powered and gracefully ascends from a concealed housing when the motor starts.
Steven
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Follow Up By: Wombat - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 20:59
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 20:59
Jeez Steven
mine must be broken!
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Monday, Apr 19, 2004 at 22:54
Monday, Apr 19, 2004 at 22:54
You should get these instead
http://www.truck-nuts.com/
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 10:31
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 10:31
hahahaha T-man I was thinking the same thing.
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Reply By: Member - StevenL - Monday, Apr 19, 2004 at 23:10
Monday, Apr 19, 2004 at 23:10
There are half a dozen going at the moment on eBay. About $30-40 Greenbacks.
Check this out
Steven
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Reply By: Member - Toonfish - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 00:43
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 00:43
yeah agreed go the truck nuts!
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Reply By: Bilbo - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 23:07
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 at 23:07
I don't know about the Mack Truck Dog but I have a blue Thomas the Tank Engine on the bonnet of me old Ford Mav -it's plastic and nobody's ever lifted it - YET!!
Every man & his dog got a Mack Dog. How many have got "Thomas the Tank Engine" - be an individual, I say!!
Glue yer budgie to yer bullbar- make a fashion statement!
Weld the cat to yer roofrack, after stickin' it's paw in the light socket to get a "windswept" look!
Use yer kid's tortoise as winch cable drum cover - be different from the pack!
Bluetack hamsters onto yer wiper blades - for those frosty nights!
I just love Thomas - not keen on the Fat Controller though ;) AKA - Eric Ripper.
Bilbo
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Follow Up By: Member - StevenL - Wednesday, Apr 21, 2004 at 00:01
Wednesday, Apr 21, 2004 at 00:01
Hmm... Must be getting late at the Billabong!
Can't wait to see the Bilbomobile go past with a menagerie tacked onto it!
Cheers
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