by fabricating parts in the Long Beach shipyard 1945 – Edelbrock designs his first aluminum racing cylinder heads for flathead Fords 1945 – Vic Sr. purchased first building with machine shop on N. Highland in Hollywood, California 1946 – First Edelbrock catalog published 1948 – Edelbrock purchases a Clayton engine dynamometer 1949 — Edelbrock moves to its first purpose-built shop called Edelbrock Equipment Co. on Jefferson Blvd. in Los Angeles 1951 – The first streamliner powered by a Flathead Ford to go over is the Edelbrock-equipped Bachelor-Xydias So-Cal Special 1958 – Edelbrock is the first to achieve one horsepower per cubic inch 1962 – Vic Edelbrock, Jr. takes control of company when Vic Sr. dies of cancer at age 49 1963 – Edelbrock celebrates 25 Years in business 1968 – Edelbrock moves to El Segundo, California 1971–74 – Vic Edelbrock, Jr. elected president of SEMA 1973 – Edelbrock becomes a major sponsor of NASCAR 1975 – Car Craft names Edelbrock "Manufacturer of the Year" 1984 – Edelbrock awarded PWA Manufacturer of the Year 1986 – First Cylinder Head was produced 1987 – Edelbrock moves to Torrance, California 1988 – Edelbrock celebrates 50 Years in business 1989 – Edelbrock awarded PWA Manufacturer of the Year 1990 – Sand cast aluminum foundry built in San Jacinto, California 1990 – Edelbrock awarded PWA Manufacturer of the Year 1994 – Edelbrock goes public on the NASDAQ stock exchange. An exhaust division is formed. 1995 – Edelbrock acquires Qwiksilver II and begins manufacturing Harley-Davidson motorcycle products 1997 – Edelbrock opens a state-of-the-art Sand Cast Aluminum Foundry 1999 – New distribution center opens, including Vic's Garage, a museum of Edelbrock's cars 1999 – Forbes names Edelbrock as one of the 200 best small companies 2000 – Forbes names Edelbrock as one of the 200 best small companies for the second year in a row 2000–01 – Edelbrock acquires Russell Performance Plumbing 2004 – Edelbrock returns to being a Private company 2007 – Edelbrock begins construction of a Permanent Mold Aluminum foundry 2008 – Edelbrock awarded PWA Manufacturer of the Year 2010 – Industrial Opportunity Partners strategically invests in the Edelbrock Corporation 2011 – Edelbrock sells its line of suspension components to QA1 2012 – Edelbrock acquires SX Performance 2017 – Vic Edelbrock, Jr. dies at age 80. 2017 – Edelbrock awarded CAN (formerly PWA) Manufacturer of the Year 2018 – Edelbrock celebrates 80 Years in business