6cyl Delco generator unusual with distributor on the front end. Any ideas?

[sagefinds]

There are lots of gens around with the distributor on the back end,this one with the dist on the driven end is a new one on me. There may have been another label on it but only has the back one now with no model number. Has the number 1056506 stamped in the side. Latest patent date 1916. Appreciate any help.

[Dave Mellor NJ]

6 facets on the shaft so it's for a 6 cylinder something

[Old buicks 2]

Shoot another picture down into the dist cup itself.   The dist plate that the point arm attaches to is what I need to see a better picture of.

[sagefinds]

Here it is.

[Old buicks 2]

Buick  16-17

Cole 16-17

Davis 16-17 19

Elcar  16-17

Moon  16-17 19

Meteor 16-17          One would have to look through each section in the large Delco book for a distributor body that looks like your unit.    LOTS of WORK

Oakland 16-17

Olds  16=17

Pilot 17-20

Paterson  17-20                  Picture is of a NOS one that I have

Premier  17-20

Stephens  17-19

Wescott  16-19

[1912Staver]

The points may well be 1916 -17 Buick , but the generator itself is not. Buicks used a combined starter / generator, that is completely different from the mystery unit.

 

Greg

[Old buicks 2]

I am not referring to the point arm, but rather to the point support plate.   That point arm was used by a whole bunch of cars, but the plate was not.

[sagefinds]

I looked the distributor over for any tag I might have missed but nothing there. I have a STANDARD Electricians Manual of that era but it doesn't show pictures that help. Thanks for input so far,still hoping for something definitive.