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.

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Moar History:
http://alloy-artifacts.org/mac-tools....
http://alloy-artifacts.org/other-make...
https://www.mactools.com/pages/about-us

Old Mac Catalogs:
https://archive.org/search?query=crea...
https://archive.org/details/MacToolsC...

McPherson-Huff Sears Lawsuit:
https://books.google.com/books?id=ir4...
https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUI...
https://books.google.com/books?id=x70...

1970 Matco-Allied Equipment Corporation Medina Ohio
https://www.bizapedia.com/oh/matco-al...

1973 Washinton Court House Plant (national Cash Register):
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...

1973 Mac Allied Tools buys Jamestown Plant:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...

Matco Trademark Changeover after Divorce:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Matco Trademark History:
https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73...
https://assignments.uspto.gov/assignm...

Franchisee lawsuits:
https://www.unhappyfranchisee.com/mac...

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