Bulldog

Vol. 2 2015

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2 8 | BULLDOG | 2 0 1 5 V 2 TAILLIGHTS It took 47 years, but this Mack is worth the wait The initial appeal was included in Vol. 3 Bulldog, May-June, 1968. I n 1968, the State Museum of Pennsylvania sent out an appeal requesting a Mack truck to display. The request contained specific size limitations due to their desire to house the exhibit on the second floor of the museum. The Mack truck would have to fit in an 8-by-16-foot elevator. At the time, most Mack truck models available greatly exceeded their size restrictions; the appeal remained unfulfilled for nearly 47 years. Fast-forward nearly five decades when the Mack Trucks Historical Museum was contacted again by the State Museum of Pennsylvania with the same request from 1968. They still wanted an antique Mack truck to display on the second floor of the museum. This time around, there was a truck that fit the requirements and Mack Trucks Historical Museum agreed to loan their 1925 Mack AB tractor. This particular truck was donated to the Mack Trucks Historical Museum in 2007 and met all requirements. The State Museum of Pennsylvania gratefully accepted the offer. After patiently waiting for so long, the relocation of the Mack AB was scheduled to happen under an extremely tight time- line due to museum renovation and the transfer required both teams working together on logistics. The transfer was completed and now, the antique tractor is on display as part of the State Museum of Pennsylvania.

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