Fun with Automotive Accessories / Solved by Tom_I, Oguerrerob, bentleybob & whc

[Otto Puzzell]

Over the years, a lot of people put thier minds to improving the automotive experience. Whether is was comfort, entertainment, or easier operation, it seems they really beleived thier inventions would make motoring better. Some went so faqr as to put them into production. Some could be ordered from well-know catalogs, some via mail-in ads from magazines, etc.

To earn points, you must provide at least one of these details about on of these 13 accessories:

• The name of the inventor
• The name of the seller
• The brand name of the product

AND, you must provide the intended purpose of the product.

Simple, no?

Enjoy! 

[Otto Puzzell]

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[Otto Puzzell]

We'll track the correct answers here:

#1   Auto Timer remote timing selector    /    Tom_I
#2   Boilmaster Junior Auto Kitchen    /    Oguerrerob
#3   Electronic Developments Polarvision Safety Light    /    Oguerrerob
#4   Philips Auto Mignon    /    Tom_I
#5   C H Foster / Gabriel Horn Mfg Company 4-tone horn     /    bentleybob
#6   Yugoslav invention senses tension in eyebrow muscles to automaticall apply brakes.      /    Oguerrerob
#7   Westinghouse Car and Garage heater - 1920    /    Tom_I   
#8   MORBACO Manufacturing Co AUTO-SHOCKO    /    Oguerrerob
#9   Safe-T-Lite automobile cigarette lighter    /    Oguerrerob
#10   Springfield Hat and Cap Company Auto Cap    /    Tom_I
#11   Thermador Auto Cooler    /    whcgt
#12   Pipe Organ Speakers JC Whitney    /    Tom_I
#13   S&W Auto Crank by Stryker & Woessner of Huron OH /     Oguerrerob

[Otto Puzzell]

Experts?

[whcgt]

11.jpg equals: RCA portable 45rpm record player Invented by Peter Goldmark...Sold on 1959 & 1960 Plymouth & DeSoto models...also sold through J.C. Whitney it was called the"Highway Hi-Fi"...RCA Auto Victrola...it did not sell or work very well...not many were sold.       4.jpg equals: The Thermador Cooler, available through many places...including Sears Roebuck and Star mfg. The version you are showing, I believe to be the ram-air type. A Fan powered version also was used. It also uses water...much like a swamp cooler to assist with cooling the occupants. It has been around since the 1930's it was invented by several people who came up with the evaporative cooler process for cooling.

[Otto Puzzell]

11.jpg equals: RCA portable 45rpm record player Invented by Peter Goldmark...Sold on 1959 & 1960 Plymouth & DeSoto models...also sold through J.C. Whitney it was called the"Highway Hi-Fi"...RCA Auto Victrola...it did not sell or work very well...not many were sold.

Similar, but no. The device Goldmark invented played records that were the same diameter as 45's, but played at 16 2/3 RPM (so as to provide a listening experience more than a few minutes long). The pictured device is similar to Goldmark's unit, but was invented and sold elsewhere, and plays ordinary 45's.   

4.jpg equals: The Thermador Cooler, available through many places...including Sears Roebuck and Star mfg. The version you are showing, I believe to be the ram-air type. A Fan powered version also was used. It also uses water...much like a swamp cooler to assist with cooling the occupants. It has been around since the 1930's it was invented by several people who came up with the evaporative cooler process for cooling.

Right you are!

[Otto Puzzell]

Pros?

[Tom_I]

#4, the 45-rpm record player is shown mounted in a late 50s Ford Taunus, so I'd guess it's a European market model, in which case it would be called a Philips Auto Mignon, current from about 1959 to 63.

Philips model numbers of this era are a bit of a minefield, and often there are more than one. This is known as an AG 2101, GA 101 or MK 60, but there may be other variations.

The same model was also available in America, but would have been sold under the brand name of Norelco, as Philco had a major dispute with Philips over the similarity of their trade names.

[Otto Puzzell]

I have a different spelling, but that's otherwise correct.

[Tom_I]

A couple of pics.

I've taken the spelling from the manufacturer's literature, which I think is difficult to argue with.

I've since found the web page that the puzzle picture came from. They have also spelled Philips wrong - it only has one 'L' - and they describe it as a German company, when in fact it's Dutch. More internet misinformation, I'm afraid. 

[Tom_I]

#12 - Pipe organ speakers from the JC Whitney auto parts catalogue of 1975.

[Oguerrerob]

9.- "A new type of cigarette lighter for car smokers is this Safe-T-Lite, which was recently announced by its manufacturer in Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 1, 1950. The driver drops a cigarette into a conventional opening, and pushes a button located on the side. The button pops up to indicate that the cigarette is lit and ready to be smoked. The entire process can be done without taking one's eyes off the road. (AP PhotoDon Brinn)"
8.- Auto-Schocko - by Morbarco Manufacturing Co.

[Otto Puzzell]

You guys are in gear now!

[Tom_I]

#1 is an "Auto-Timer", a device for manually adjusting the ignition timing of your car as you drive - a bit like you had to on early cars, before those ever-helpful engineers developed centrifugal and vacuum advance-retard mechanisms, so you didn't have to bother thinking about such mundane details.

So what do you do to thank them? You fit one of these things, which allows you to mess up the automatic timing without moving from the driver's seat. Brilliant! 

[Oguerrerob]

6. Eyebrow Control a device from Yugoslavia

[D-type]

#7 is obviously a work light that plugs into a table lamp or similar.

But I've no idea of a brand name.

[Oguerrerob]

2.- I guess same idea another trademark

[Oguerrerob]

7.- Same trademark another use

[Oguerrerob]

5.- similar device

[Otto Puzzell]

#1 is an "Auto-Timer", a device for manually adjusting the ignition timing of your car as you drive

That's it!

[Otto Puzzell]

6. Eyebrow Control a device from Yugoslavia

That's it!

[Otto Puzzell]

#7 is obviously a work light that plugs into a table lamp or similar.

No, it's not

[Otto Puzzell]

2.- I guess same idea another trademark

I'll check and reply later

[Otto Puzzell]

5.- similar device

I'm not looking for similar devices. I'm looking for the devices included in the puzzle. 

[Otto Puzzell]

7.- Same trademark another use

Number 7 is not a lamp.