In 1943, Robert Paxton McCulloch founded the McCulloch Motors Company in Wisconsin, which moved to California some years later. There McCulloch Motors produced a two-man chainsaw, the Model 5-49 before beginning to market a one-man chainsaw. This was a light chain saw called the Model 3-15. In the 1950s, the company became the McCulloch Corporation, whose products ranged from go-kart to airplane engines.[1]
McCullouch fantasized about producing a unique sports car that would appeal to the ultra wealthy. In 1950 he set out to do that. In 1953, he created the Paxton Phoenix Steam Car, with styling by Brooks Stevens.[2]
This magazine image is the only information available on the Paxton Steamer. The reverse of the image has information on the Doble.
This is the reverse of the Paxton Steamer photo. The article references Paxton technology and the Doble E series.
James L. Dooley and Allan F. Bell of the McCulloch Corporatoin produced this report on steam powered automobiles on January 22, 1952. The Paxton Phoenix is shown on the last page.
