General Information

Serial #

58371

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ROLLED STEEL CASING/ METAL PARTS/ FABRIC? COVERED WIRE

Dimensions

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

Length

24.8 cm

Width

15.5 cm

Height

11.5 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

MCKINNON

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

St. Catharines

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1942

Canada

FROM COLLECTION OFAUTOMOBILE 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

DEVICE WHICH GENERATES DIRECT CURRENT TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC POWER IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.

Technical

BY 1940S ACROSS-THE-BORDER MFG. OF INTERCHANGEABLE AUTO PARTS WAS REALITY, AT LEAST IN PART, AS SHOWN BY THIS ARTIFACT. GENERATORS OF IDENTICAL MODEL & SPECIFICATION NUMBERS WERE BEING MFD. FOR GENERAL MOTORS BY MCKINNON & ANDERSON IN DAYTON, OHIO. THIS WAS USED ON CHEV STANDARD 1930-1934, PONTIAC 1930-1931 ETC. (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING "MCKINNON INDUSTRIES LTD./ Delco-Remy/ MODEL 943J SERIAL 58371/ MADE IN CANADA/ ST. CATHERINES, ONT."/ CW TAG READING "O.K./ Sept./49"

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

BLACK

Decoration

N/A