Tom wrote:
It's a McCulloch. The Los Angeles based chain saw manufacturer took over
the Scott-A****er company from the namesakes in 1956, the name was soon
shortened to Scott, & by 1964 it was McCulloch. Same company, just a name
morph. Your 7.5 was based on the popular "Fishing Scott" rooted in the
late 50's into 60's production.


And didn't Scott start the low profile look to fishing motors?

Yes.

I remember
them making a big thing of the built in bailer back then.

A long-time Scott / McCulloch feature.

I also remember
the big Scott's as being rather noisy. A high school buddy of mine had a
Crestliner with a 35 hp Scott and it was much louder than the Evinrudes we
ran on our boats.

30 & 33 hp, then 40 hp, there was no 35hp Scott / McCulloch. They were
noisy, the cowls were much simpler than the clamshell OMC brands, but
Scott had fiberglass cowls starting around 1957 and Johnson/Evinrude
caught up a couple of years later. The Johnson/Evinrude 35 & 40 went to
a complicated noise reduction system involving an outer metal shell, & a
large doughnut gasket near the waterline, and an intake silencer in the
lower cowl. They were quieter, the Scott / McCulloch kept the simpler
design that OMC retained for the value-orientated 28hp & 33Hp, and the
Gale 35hp, w/o the full silencing treatment.


Rob