General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

16

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL BASE, MOTOR CASING, CONTROLS, PARTS; SYNTHETIC (BAKELITE) PANEL, METER CASINGS; SYNTHETIC CABLES & PARTS; GLASS METER WINDOWS/.2-.13 METAL OR SYNTHETIC/.14 WOOD/.15-.16 METAL CASINGS & PARTS; SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

69.0 cm

Width

55.0 cm

Height

65.5 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

Oliver

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Aurora

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1929 +

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 USED IN AUTO SERVICE FACILITY TO TEST DC 6 VOLT AUTOMOTIVE GENERATORS, HIGH TENSION MAGNETOS, CURRENT CUTOUTS & REGULATORS, VOLTAGE CONTROLS, DISTRIBUTORS, COILS & CONDENSERS. IT WAS ALSO USED AS POWER SOURCE FOR SEPARATE TEST STAND (970744) WHICH TESTED SINGLECYLINDER OSCILLATING & TRIP MAGNETOS.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF TEST EQUIPMENT USED AUTO REPAIR SHOP, BUILT IN SHOP, PARTLY OF FACTORY MFD. COMPONENTS & PARTLY OF PIECES FABRICATED IN SHOP (REF. 1). OF SPECIAL INTEREST IS.2 UNIVERSAL COMPRESSION COUPLER WHICH WAS HAND-CUT, FILED & POLISHED FROM 3/8 IN. SOLID STEEL BY H. OLIVER BASED ON ALLEN DESIGN (REFS. 1 & 3)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 CAST LETTERING ON BASE READS "ALLEN ELECTRIC & EQUIP. CO./ KALMAZOO U.S.A."; PLATE ON MOTOR READS "Leland/ Motor [SCRIPT]/ REVERSIBLE/ FRAME NO. 457/ H.P. 1/2 PHASE 1/ VOLTS 110/220/ CYCLES 25/ RPM 0-3000/ AMPS 8/4/ TIME RATING SD/ WHEN ORDERING PARTS GIVE/ NO. 434783/ MANUFACTURED BY/ The Leland LE Electric Co./ DAYTON, OHIO, U.S.A./ PATENTS PENDING; AMMETERS MARKED "DIRECT CURRENT/ AMPERES/ JEWELL ELECTRIC"/.15 RAISED LETTERING ON EACH END OF BRASS STRIP READS "TYPE-E4A/ MADE BY/ INTERNATIONAL/ HARVESTER CO./ CHICAGO, U.S.A./ PATENTS/ PENDING"; INCISED "109209" ON CASING/ *

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

.1 GREY PAINTED BASE & MOTOR CASING; BLACK SYNTHETIC; BRASS & COPPER COLOURED, BLACK PAINTED, METALLIC PARTS/.15METALLIC CASING; BLACK PAINTED DISTRIBUTOR & PARTS; BRASS COLOURED STRIP/.16 BLACK

Decoration

* MARKINGS:.16 PLATE READING "THE MCKINNON INDUSTRIES LIMITED/ DELCO-REMY/ MODEL 943 S SERIAL 3806/ MADE IN CANADA/ ST. CATHERINES, ONT."