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- OBJECT TYPE
- KEY LOCK SWITCH/3 TERMINAL
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0719.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Automotive Specialty Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- ULS 700
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 ALL METAL LOCK & KEYS, INCLUDING STEEL PARTS/.2 CARDBOARD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.6 cm
- Width
- 4.2 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Automotive
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1940 +
- 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
-
DEVICE WHICH TURNS ON OR OFF ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT ACTUATING STARTING MOTOR OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF AUTOMOBILE, AS WELL AS OTHER LIGHTING & ACCESSORY CIRCUITS. THIS SWITCH TURNS LEFT TO INITIATE ALL CIRCUITS EXCEPT STARTING & KEY TURNS RIGHT FOR STARTING ELECTRIC STARTING MOTOR. - Technical
-
EARLY IGNITION SWITCH LOCK USING RELATIVELY SOPHISTICATED MATERIALS & FABRICATION METHODS FOR PERIOD, MARKETED FOR USE IN CARS, TRUCKS, MOTOR BOATS, AIRCRAFT. ITS 7/8 IN. EXTENSION BODY ALLOWED IT TO BE USED ON WOODEN COWLS & DASHBOARDS AS WELL AS LATER METAL ONES (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 INCISED "NF79" ON KEYS/.2 BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON BOX READS "GENERAL/ ELECTRICAL SWITCH/ FOR GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE USE/ GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE/ SPECIALTY CO., INC./ NEW YORK, N.Y."; "for/ ELECTRICAL/ ACCESSORIES/ IGNITION, RADIO/ ETC."; "for/ PASSENGER CARS/ TRUCKS/ MOTOR BOATS/ AIRCRAFT"; "GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE/ SPECIALTY CO., INC./ NEW YORK, N.Y./ MADE IN U.S.A."; "ULS 700/ LOCK SWITCH/ 3 TERMINAL/ SA 51"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 METALLIC GREY WITH POLISHED PARTS & KEYS/ WHITE & BLACK BOX WITH RED SECTION
- Decoration
- .2 BLACK STRIPING
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General Automotive Specialty Co. Inc., Switch, ignition, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1997.0719, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0719.001/
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