Spark Plug Display, circa 1950
THF160808 / Spark Plug Display, circa 1950
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Artifact Overview
While later tether car engines used glow plugs for ignition, earlier designs relied on scaled-down spark plugs. Glow plugs only required electricity for initial warm-up. The heat from each combustion event would keep a glow plug hot enough to ignite fuel for the rest of the operating period. Spark plugs needed a constant supply of electricity to produce sparks.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Spark plug
Date Made
circa 1950
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2013.47.111
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Eric Zausner and the E-Z Spindizzy Foundation.
Material
Aluminum (Metal)
Brass (Alloy)
Ceramic (Material)
Copper (Metal)
Dimensions
Height: 1.75 in
Width: 2.75 in
Length: 7 in
Weight: 8.3 oz
Inscriptions
individual spark plugs:
CHAMPION-YR-1 / MADE IN U.S.A.
H
A.C.3
BUNCH
ANNIV 40 BROWN
AC 2-H
AUTO-LITE H-8 MADE IN U.S.A.
BLUE CROWN A-2
CHAMPION V-2 / MADE IN U.S.A.
REMCO C-1
CHAMPION VR-2 / MADE IN U.S.A.
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