[AMC-List] From the Mopar List: Re: AMC used Ford starters...

[Arfon <Arfon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How accurate is Bill's history?



>Ford, Chrysler, AMC and Studebaker all used Autolite / Prestolite starters
>at one time or another.  The 1960's Ford starters were actually a variation
>of the Autolite starter.  Ford bought Autoilite's spark plug division in
>1961 plus the righte to the Autoilote name.  What was left of the original
>Autolite company adopted the name Prestolite, another division of the former
>Electric Autolite Company, which itself became the Prestolite Company..
>
>Chrysler started using Autolite electrics in 1935, dropping Delco-Remy,
>while Ford, Hudson, Nash, and Willys went back into the 1920's.   Some lists
>show Ford starters appearing around 1954, but they were still built by
>Autolite.  Nash, Packard and Studebaker used a mixture of Delco-Remy and
>Autolite electrics druing the 1950's.
>
>The big change came with Ford's purchase of Autolite in 1961, and Ford
>started making their own starters along with the spark plugs.   Chrysler in
>the U.S. started making their own starters by 1962 (Chrysker Canada
>continued to use Prestolite starters on the slant six through 1966) while
>Rambler and Studebaker went to all Autolite/Prestolite by 1960-61.
>
>AMC used a mixture of Prestolite, Delco-Remy and  Ford electrics from 1967
>to 1970, but swtiched completely to Ford for 1971..
>
>Ford was forced to sell off Autolite in the 1970's but kept building their
>own electrical equipment under the Motorcraft name.
>
>So if you wonder why those inertia starters on Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto,
>Chrysler, Imperial, Valiant, Ford, Meteor, Edsel, Mercury, Monarch, Lincoln,
>Hudson, Essex, Terraplance, Nash, LaFayette, Rambler,. AMC, Studebaker,
>Rockne, Packard, Willys, and Jeep vehicles all look so similar, it's because
>they all trace their roots to Autolite.
>
>Bill
>Vancouver, BC

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