General Information

Serial #

875533

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ROLLED STEEL HOUSING & PARTS/ METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

32.5 cm

Width

13.5 cm

Height

11.0 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

Delco

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1939

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

ELECTRICAL MOTOR USED TO CRANK AUTOMOBILE ENGINE IS ORDER TO START IT.

Technical

STARTER MOTOR DESIGN TYPICAL OF THOSE USED THROUGHOUT 1930S & 1940S. BENDIX AUTOMATIC INERTIA GEAR DRIVE HAD GREATLY SIMPLIFIED EARLIER COMPLEXITY OF MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL ENGAGEMENT DEVICES. ELECTRIC SOLENOID STARTER SWITCH INTRODUCED IN EARLY 1940S SAW SIMPLE PUSH-BUTTON ON DASHBOARD REPLACE EARLIER FLOOR-MOUNTED SWITCH (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING "DAYTON, OHIO ANDERSON, IND./ Delco-Remy/ MODEL 710-D SERIAL 875533/ MADE IN U.S.A./ AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT"/ TAG READS "FROM T.H. OLIVER/ REFRIGERATION and ELECTRIC SERVICE/ PHONE 251, AURORA/ L.F. DICEMAN"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BLACK

Decoration

N/A