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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0680.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: C18A
LOCATION: Unknown

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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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Width: N/A
Height: N/A
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Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

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: SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN AUTOMOTIVE INERTIA STARTER DRIVE DESIGN, IN WORKABILITY, RELIABILITY, & MAINTAINABILITY OVER EARLIER SPRING DRIVEN SYSTEM. IT WAS ADOPTED IN LATE 1930S & EARLY 1940S IN HIGH-END MODELS, & IN ALL MODELS OVER NEXT DECADE OR MORE - AN ARCH-TYPE DESIGN TO END OF CENTURY (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLUE LETTERING ON BOX ENDS READING "ASCO/ CODE C18A/ AUTO STARTER LIMITED/ TORONTO HAMILTON MONTREAL"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: BLUE & WHITE
Decoration: BLUE LINING ON BOX ENDS

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Unknown Manufacturer, Box, circa 1945, Artifact no. 1997.0680, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0680.002/

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