General Information

Serial #

H4345522

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ZINC ALLOY BODY/ OTHER METAL PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DISTRIBUTOR & PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

21.5 cm

Width

9.5 cm

Height

16.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Automotive engineering

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

IH

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1950

Canada

FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.

Function

PART OF IGNITION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE. IT USES MAGNETIC FIELD TO PRODUCE ELECTRIC SPARK WHICH EXPLODES GASOLINE VAPOUR IN CYLINDER OF ENGINE, ENABLING IT TO FUNCTION.

Technical

FROM 1950S FLANGE MOUNTED MAGNETOS WERE SPECIFIED INCREASINGLY BY EQ. MFRS. AS THEY MOVED TOWARDS SMALLER MORE COMPACT HIGH PERFORMANCE ENGINE DESIGNS WITH INTEGRATED MAGNETOS. THIS ONE IS PAINTED CHARACTERISTIC IH RED; NEW HIGH-VISIBILITY CORPORATE IMAGES WERE BEING ESTABLISHED IN POST-WAR MARKET-DRIVEN SOCIETY (REF 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

CAST LETTERING ON BODY READS "MADE BY/ INTERNATIONAL/ HARVESTER/ COMPANY/ CHICAGO, ILL., U.S.A./ SERIAL NO./ H434552"/ TAG READS "CARD'S GARAGE/ UXBRIDGE, ONT./ Replaced by XB unit" & "Will Sturman/ Uxbridge/ put new impulse on"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

METALLIC BODY WITH RED PAINTED PART/ BLACK SYNTHETIC

Decoration

CAST "IHC" LOGOS ON BODY/ MOULDED "IHC" LOGOS ON SYNTHETIC