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Mac (and Matco) Tools - Company History & Lore
This video chronicles this history of Mac, and Matco Tools.
From their beginnings as a collaboration between Mechanics Tool & Forge, Clinton Tools, and Mac allied tools.
The McPherson-Huff connection. The 1979 divorce, where Matco got custody of the Jamestown New York plant.
Up to present day.
Moar History:
http://alloy-artifacts.org/mac-tools.html
http://alloy-artifacts.org/other-makers-p4.html#mcpherson
https://www.mactools.com/pages/about-us
Old Mac Catalogs:
https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Mac+Allied+Tools+Corp.%22
https://archive.org/details/MacToolsCatalogueNo47/mode/2up
McPherson-Huff Sears Lawsuit:
https://books.google.com/books?id=ir48AQAAIAAJ&q=McPherson-Huff&dq=McPherson-Huff&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&printsec=frontcover&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXzvj2hf2GAxWyvokEHQaaB1M4FBDoAXoECAQQAg
https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUIyAQAAIAAJ&q=McPherson-Huff&dq=McPherson-Huff&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&printsec=frontcover&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXzvj2hf2GAxWyvokEHQaaB1M4FBDoAXoECAYQAg
https://books.google.com/books?id=x70_AAAAIAAJ&q=McPherson-Huff&dq=McPherson-Huff&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&printsec=frontcover&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimkNOjhv2GAxWorokEHS1-Dw44HhDoAXoECAcQAg
1970 Matco-Allied Equipment Corporation Medina Ohio
https://www.bizapedia.com/oh/matco-allied-equipment-corp.html
Trademark Changeover:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Index_of_Trademarks_Issued_from_the_Unit/AAxWAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Matco
Matco Trademark History:
https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73134948&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch
https://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=tm&sno=73180099
Franchisee lawsuits:
https://www.unhappyfranchisee.com/mac-tools-bitter-history/
Chapters:
00:00 Parody Intro
00:38 Mac's Beginnings
02:26 McPherson Huff Lawsuit
03:20 The Divorce
03:51 The Mac Tools Ending
04:55 The Matco Tools Ending
06:55 Origin of the Names
07:58 Outro
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