There's a silent pandemic going on and barely any one realizes it is occurring. Model trucks are slowly vanishing from acceptance and the sole folks to realize it are the modelers who build them. With the upward thrust of oil prices has come a rise in production costs for polystyrene models. It's not routinely spotted that petrol is tied into plastics producing. Gas costs shooting out the roof has moved the angst of subjects like this off most peoples's radar. The models appear to be slowly vanishing from the shelves and haven't been replaced. It appears that it could be a quiet death that will only mourned by certain people.

Everybody knows a Bulldog when they see it. The Bulldog has for a while been the symbol of the Mack truck. During World War I the company earned its nickname when the UK central authority purchased the Mack AC model so as to supply troops, food and equipment to its infantrymen on the trenches. Those UK soldiers named the truck the Bulldog Mack because of the flat nosed hood which reminded them of the Brit mascot which was the English Bulldog. Since that time the Bulldog has been a trucking industry favourite.

Chrysler has been designing and building trucks for over 80 years, but the genuine story of the game Dodge starts with the mating of the half-ton pick-up frame and the 413 cubic in. displacement Max Wedge V8. The 413 V8 was designed as a medium duty truck engine, but proved satisfactorily flexible that it forced its way into both Dodge Dart 330 and 440 street and NASCAR configurations.

Competition success and street performance inspired Chrysler to take a look at the enormous block 413 as a technique of targeting attention on,

Die-cast truck  models have existed just about so long as the trucks they were modeled after. Enhancements in industrial die-casting and metallurgy have given benefits to the die-cast toy auto industry since its beginnings in the early 20 th century. The purpose and promoting of the toys themselves has changed also. the collection of these die-cast vehicle reproductions remains a wide-ranging pursuit with ever growing appeal.

Early Die-Cast trucks
The earliest die-cast toys were promoted in the early twentieth century.

What Started the History of the Sports Truck?

A Model A Racer pickup by Ford is what kicked it off. It even featured a convertible top and could tap out at forty five miles an hour. The model A Roadster pickup was only produced from 1928 to 1931. That was about it for sports trucks till 1978 when Dodge came up with the Li'l Red Express.

Only 2,188 were shipped in 1978 and 5,118 in 1979.