General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION, SAVE GLASS LANP BULB, SYNTHETIC COLLAR ON CABLE, AND FABRIC COVERING ON CABLE CORD..2 METAL BOX.

Dimensions

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

Length

14.3 cm

Width

14.0 cm

Height

8.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Servicing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Automotive

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Brooklyn

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF TIMING DEVICE PROBABLY USED MID-1950S.

Canada

Unknown

Function

USED TO SET TIMING OF SPARK TYPE AUTOMOTIVE IGNITION SYSTEM COMPONENTS.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF TIMING DEVICE USED BY MECHANICS FOR REGULATING/SETTING THE TIMING OF A FORD V8 IGNITION SYSTEM. THIS MODEL PROBABLY USED WITH FORD'S FLAT HEAD VERSION. MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH 1999.0179 AUTOMOBILE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "TASCO/ TIMING DEVICE/ FOR/ FORD V8/ [directional arrows pointing up and down]/ INSTRUCTIONS/ SPACE CONTACT POINTS.012 TO.014/ SET POINTER ON ANY LINE MARKED 8/ ADJUST BREAKER PLATE UNTIL LIGHT GOES OUT/ LIGHT MUST GO ON IN WHITE SQUARE/ SEE DETAILED INSTRUCTION SHEET/ M'F'D. BY/ THE AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALTY CORP./ BROOKLYN, NEW YORK" printed on instrument face, together with scale. "UNIVERSAL/ PAT./ CLIP", "No/ 48-B" & "MUELLER/ ELEC. CO./ CLEVELAND, O./ MADE IN U.S.A." incised on cable clip..2 No markings visible.

Missing

APPEARSCOMPLETE. .2 SOME AREAS OF RED PAINT(?) COVERING BOX EXTERIOR ARE MISSING: OVERALL, FINISH IS BADLY DAMAGED.

Finish

.1 BLACK DIAL FACE HAS SILVER AND GOLDTONE MARKINGS; BLACK MOLDED SYNTHETIC TUNING KNOB; SILVER METAL INDICATOR NEEDLE & LAMP BULB HOUSING. INDICATOR BACK IS SILVER METAL; BLACK COVERING ON CORD..2 RED PAINT (?) COVERING OUTSIDE OF BOX IS BADLY DAMAGED: LARGE ARES PEELING AND/OR MISSING. NB: THIS FINISH MAY NOT BE ORIGINAL.

Decoration

N/A