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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0725.002

MANUFACTURER: Delco-Remy Div., General Motors Corp.
MODEL: 1116789
LOCATION: Anderson, Indiana, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Cardboard and metal

Dimensions

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Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Delco
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Indiana
City: Anderson

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1942 +
Canada: FROM COLLECTION OFAUTOMOBILE 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: ELECTRO-MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED ELECTRICAL CONTACT, SERVING AS SWITCH TO TURN AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHTS ON & OFF.
Technical: GENERAL REPLACEMENT & UPGRADING AUTOMOBILE SWITCHING DEVICE. BY 1930'S ELECTRICALLY OPERATED SWITCH WAS MUCH USED IN 6-VOLT AUTO-ELECTRIC SYSTEMS OF AUTOMOBILES OF PERIOD, HORNS & HEADLIGHTS. THESE RELAYS & SWITCHES ENABLED SMALL AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY, JUST ENOUGH TO OPERATE SMALL ELECTROMAGNET, TO BE USED TO CONTROL RELATIVELY LARGE AMOUNT OF CURRENT REQUIRED TO EITHER BLOW HORN OR OPERATE HEADLIGHTS (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 RAISED "Delco-Remy/ MADE IN U.S.A." ON TOP/.2 BLACK LETTERING READING "Delco-Remy/ ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT SERVICE PARTS/ ONE/ 1116789/ REALY/ MADE IN U.S.A./ DELCO-REMY DIVISION, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION/ ANDERSON, INDIANA, U.S.A.", "(C) DELCO-REMY DIV./ G.M.C./ 1941/ PRINTED IN U.S.A."; "ALWAYS USE/ ORIGINAL/ EQUIPMENT/ DELCO-REMY/ PARTS IN/ DELCO-REMY/ EQUIPMENT"
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: .1 BODY PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK; METALLIC BRACKET; BLACK SYNTHETIC; COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/.2 RED CARTON WITH GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED TOP & BOTTOM
Decoration: N/A

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Delco-Remy Div., General Motors Corp., Box, circa 1942, Artifact no. 1997.0725, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0725.002/

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