Above is from the 1976 IPL 92389B
I don't know exactly where the following list came from but it notes that McCulloch was the first chainsaw manufacturer to incorporate a chain brake on all models in 1975.
Hello Mcbob
Here is the history of McCulloch as we know it, we've presented it in a dateline form so that we can edit it as needed, as we go along, (as time allows) a continuing work in progress.
1931 - Robert Paxton McCulloch forms the McCulloch Engineering Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to manufacture racing engines and superchargers.
1942 - McCulloch Engineering Company has grown to be the world's second largest manufacturer of superchargers, only General Motors Corp. produced more.
1943 - McCulloch Engineering is sold to Borg-Warner Corp.
1943 - McCulloch forms the McCulloch Aviation Company to produce two cycle engines for the military. At this time McCulloch began making improvements to die-casting techniques typically used for aluminum and magnesium.
1946 - McCulloch Aviation Company moves from Milwaukee to Los Angeles and incorporates under the new name of McCulloch Motors Corp.
1946 - Some McCulloch Motors were used on Reed-Prentice and Sears Craftsman chainsaws. Also known to have been used on RPM and Sears Craftsman brand lawnmowers.
1948 - McCulloch Motors entered the chain saw market and produced the world's first die cast magnesium chain saw. Their first saw the model:1225 (not the 5-49) was also the first two-man chainsaw weighing less then 50 pounds.
1949 - McCulloch produces the model:3-25 (3hp-25lbs) their first one-man chainsaw, it is the lightest weight of any in the world.
1958 - The McCulloch Motors Corporation changes it's name to McCulloch Corporation.
1962 - McCulloch is the first chainsaw manufacturer to produce over one million chain saws.
1963 - McCulloch opens it's a European plant in Mechelen, Belgium
1965 - McCulloch opens the first of four new plants to be built at Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
1966 - McCulloch Corp. produces the world's first electric starting chainsaw (Model:3-10E).
1967 - McCulloch becomes the first company to manufacture two million chain saws.
1968 - Robert McCulloch buys the London Bridge' it's to be the center piece for the Lake Havasu City development.
1970 - McCulloch conducts major expansion of it's plant at Los Angeles, California.
1971 - McCulloch Corporation celebrates 25 years as a chain saw industry leader.
1971 - McCulloch begins production of snowmobile engines.
1971 - McCulloch becomes the first chainsaw manufacturer to produce three million saws.
1973 - Robert P. McCulloch sells McCulloch Corporation to Black & Decker for 65 million dollars.
1974 - McCulloch produces it's four millionth chainsaw.
1975 - McCulloch becomes the first chainsaw manufacturer to use a chain brake on every model.
1977 - Robert Paxton McCulloch dies at the age of 65
We hope that you have found this dateline informative, we add more later.
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Tom & the Boy's
Mark
