Truck History
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. |
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Dodge trucks history
Dodge trucks history
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,
and enhancing sales of the stagnant light truck line.These performance orientated pickup trucks were sold from 1964-67 under the model classification of Custom Sport Special, or CSS.
In 1971, Chrysler reconfigured the light truck body with attention on work automobile sturdiness, and without regard for performance. In the early 1970's the U.S. Based automobile industry was under pressure to meet new and draconian exhaust emission standards ; so it was that half-ton pick-ups and wagons were needed to meet the same standards as passenger vehicles. Three-quarter and one-ton pick-ups were excepted from the new standards as they were considered commercial automobiles.
Therefore , Chrysler's first venture into the performance truck market came in 1977 with the advent of the Li'l Red Express Wagon , in part the creating of, and with the momentum of Chrysler's lead engine designer Tom Hoover. By 1977, the 413 was history having been replaced in light trucks by the 360 cid. V8. The stock model LRET took to the street rated for the standing quarter mile at 13.76 seconds and 119 miles per hour. Roughly 2200 units were sold during 1978, and just over 5100 in 1979. Plans for the 1980 model year were dumped as a consequence of the 360's poor fuel usage, and fears over rising fuel costs.
Since Chrysler reworked the frame and introduced the drop fender body design for 1994, one or two RAM models have borne the title Sport, but only those provided with the performance 5.7 litre HEMI, or the SRT 8.0 litre V10 can actually be considered descendants of the CSS. Or the LRET.
