General Information

Serial #

EAN.6205-7A201

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

wood

Dimensions

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

Length

18.4 cm

Width

8.4 cm

Height

3.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Automotive engineering

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Ford

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Michigan

City

Detroit

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1950's

Canada

The Ford Motor Co. of Canada Limited was established in 1904 in Walkerville (Windsor), Ontario, with an agreement between Gordon McGregor, a Canadian wagon maker, and Henry Ford. This was the birth of the Canadian automobile industry. The engineering was developed by the American parent company and the Canadian plant manufactured the cars and engines according to those specifications. Patterns like this were made to guide the stamping of parts. In 1954 the Windsor plant produced its last cars and was refitted to allow the production of the new V-8 overhead valve engine.

Function

A pattern to guide the connecting rod supplier to manufacture a new kind of connecting rod for new motor.

Technical

This pattern was sent to Canada from the U.S. Ford plant to manufacture the connecting rod for the new 1955 Mercury V-8 overhead valve engine. With cap [.3]. The pattern was used by the supplier who would manufacture the connecting rod steel stampings. Before 1955, the engine was a flathead engine.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

black handwritten lettering on one side reads 'EAN.6205-7A201'

Missing

unknown

Finish

brown stained and coated wood/ black painted parts

Decoration

N/A