General Information

Serial #

6857

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ROLLED STEEL CASING/ METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

24.7 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. 1945

Canada

FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURINGCAREER 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

THIS IS VARIANT OF WELL KNOWN MODEL 943J, FROM PERIOD OF RAPID EXPANSION OF INDUSTRY & CONSTANT CHANGE OF AUTO-ELECTRIC SPECIFICATIONS. CHANGES WOULD BE IDENTIFIED BY MODEL NO. SUFFIXES OR NEW SERIAL NO. SERIES & MAY SIGNIFY DIFFERENT FIELD COILS, ARMATURE WINDINGS ETC. (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING "PLATE READING "THE MCKINNON INDUSTRIES LIMITED/ Delco-Remy/ MODEL 943JX SERIAL 6857/ MADE IN CANADA/ ST. CATHERINES, ONT."

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BLACK

Decoration

N/A