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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0643.002

MANUFACTURER: Electric Auto-Lite Ltd.
MODEL: VRP-4001A
LOCATION: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: cardboard

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Automotive engineering
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Autolite
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Sarnia

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, 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: Unknown
Technical: EXAMPLE OF EARLY GENERATION OF SOPHISTICATED DUAL VOLTAGE & CURRENT REGULATOR. SPECIFIED FOR INSTALLATION ON CHRYSLER 6 & 8 1940- 1942; DESOTO 1940-1942; DODGE 1940-1942; PLYMOUTH 1940-1942; PLYMOUTH TRUCK 1940-1941 ETC. (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RED & WHITE LETTERING READING "Genuine [SCRIPT]/ AUTO-LITE"
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLUE
Decoration: RED STRIPING ON ONE END

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