Steve Hammatt Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) Hi I've run across a Gray-Davis electric starter Type G. I'm thinking that it may have been used on a 1914 +/- Peerless. Would this make any sense? Edited August 16, 2018 by Steve Hammatt expand title (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) Richard Lichtfeld's book on Peerless says Peerless, G.E., and Gray & Davis worked on an electric starter, which became available on one model in late 1911. Maurice Hendry's chapter on Peerless in the VOL 11, No. 1 A.Q. says something about G.E. and Gray & Davis working with Peerless to introduce the uniform-voltage separate starter-generator setup on the 1913 Peerless cars. Edited August 15, 2018 by jeff_a (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hammatt Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 Jeff Thanks for your reply. I just pulled my AQ and took a look, unfortunately not much in the way of details regarding which units were supplied by Gray & Davis to Peerless. I also pulled two more AQs and still no details. I wish someone would make a usable indes for the last 10 years (Vol 41:1 thru Vol 51:1) of Automobile Quarterlies. It appears that my problem is that I have a Gray & Davis Type G Starter and I need a G&D Type K (awaiting verification on the correct Type) for my 1914 Overland 79. I'm wonder what G&D two piece starter type (model) was used in the Peerless application? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) The solution, short of driving over to a collection that has that vintage Peerless{Crawford; Nethercutt; Coquitlam, BC; Tupelo, MS; etc.}, would be to look at owner manuals for sale on ebay showing mechanical illustrations. I don't have any manuals from the 1911-1914 years. A little harder to find -- there was a special booklet that came out about 1912 or 1913 explaining how the new Peerless starter worked. I found this in the autolit.com store(probably a Saturday Evening Post magazine ad -- buy for $14.99). Walt, the business owner, has a 1920 Peerless Limousine: Edited August 18, 2018 by jeff_a (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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