General Information

Serial #

A974737

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ZINC ALLOY CASING/ OTHER METAL PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DISTRIBUTOR

Dimensions

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

Length

12.3 cm

Width

8.0 cm

Height

12.3 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

FAIRBANKS MORSE

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1948

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 AUTOGARAGE 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

THIS MAGNETO REPRESENTS ENTRANCE OF FAIRBANKS-MORSE INTO ADVANCED MAGNETO DESIGN OF POST-WAR YEARS. FAIRBANKS-MORSE WAS ORIGINALLY PRIMARILY INVOLVED IN MFR. OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES & EQUIPMENT FOR MFG., FARM & CONSTRUCTION WORK, WHICH LED TO ITS WORK IN MAGNETO ELECTRIC FIELD (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

CAST & INCISED LETTERING ON EACH SIDE OF CASING READING "FAIRBANKS/ MORSE/ TYPE F.M./ J/ PAT.-PAT. PEND./ A974737"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

METALLIC BODY/ RED-BROWN SYNTHETIC WITH REMNANTS OF BLACK PAINT

Decoration

N/A