Spark-plugs
Joseph Lucas (N.Z.) Ltd :Lucas "King of the road" ignition spares, distributed by Josep...
Date: 1974
By: Joseph Lucas (N.Z.) Ltd
Reference: Eph-B-MOTOR-PARTS-1974-01
Description: Sales list with illustrations of motor ignition parts. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 42 pages, 288 x 220 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2006.
Maker unknown :Spark plug from the first 'plane to fly Cook Strait - 25 August 1920. Ca...
By: Dickson, Euan (Capt), 1892-1980
Reference: Curios-028-002
Description: A steel spark-plug wired to green baize in a glass-topped wooden presentation box. The back of the box slides off to reveal a sheet of paper, bound in green linen cover, labelled Pioneer flight across Cook Strait, 25th August 1920. The typescript and signed text continues inside 'By Captain Euan Dickson, D. S. C., D. F. C., Croix de Guerre, late Royal Air Force. Sparking plug used in engine ... Pilot: Euan Dickson. Mechanic: James E. Moore. Passenger: C. H. Hewlett Title from label glued to glass. The label was produced by the Library before the 1970s on a large-format typewriter Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Steel, in baize-lined, glass-topped wooden box, 185 x 235 x 70 mm Provenance: Donation: Captain Euan Dickson, Canterbury Aviation Company, 30 September 1920 (Source: Donation registers; also Annual Report, 1921)