Engine
- Object Name:
- Engine
- Object ID:
- 1995.030
- Creator:
- Kingsbury Corporation
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Keene, NH
- Date:
- circa 1990
- Description:
- "Timing Chain Cover", aluminum, for a General Motors "Quad Four" engine, machined on Kingsbury Model 505 transfer line machine, Keene, NH. Painted black, casting. (The aluminum casting was painted black and then machined by Kingsbury, hence all Kingsbury machining operations appear in the aluminum finish.) Molded serial number, "F1 / 22534007".
- Material:
- Metal
Aluminum - Dimensions:
- W-13 L-21 D-3 inches
- Provenance:
- James O'Neil, V.P. Manufacturing, wrote that "the customer for this machine was J.L. French Corporation, located in Wisconsin. French was contracted to provide the finished casting to General Motors for final assembly in a GM engine plant in Michigan" (2/14/1995).
Kingsbury Corp. donated this machined casting to NHHS in response to solicitation for sample products made by New Hampshire producers. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Kingsbury Corporation
- Subjects:
- Automobile equipment & supplies, Engines
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