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Ralph Spears

03-20-2026 10:28 PM

Trivia what does DELCO stand for

Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company

dykstra

03-21-2026 01:41 PM

Very cool! Do you know what the AC stands for in AC Delco?

Albert Champion

Lee Stewart would be proud.lol

McCune

03-21-2026 01:56 PM

AC= Albert Champion.

Burd	03-21-2026 02:02 PM

PF= particle filter

BCreekDave

03-21-2026 02:44 PM

Further on this....who NAMED Delco? Hint, it wasn't the guy with a city named after him.

Burd	03-21-2026 04:19 PM

What was Rochester named after?
How about Oakland

Kurt S

03-22-2026 04:43 AM

Boss Kettering formed Delco, developed the first starter, and has a university named for him. ;)

BCreekDave

03-22-2026 05:03 AM

Kettering was part of the “Barn Gang” that Col. Edward Deeds formed that born Delco. Deeds had worked at National Cash Register for John Patterson.

mssl72

03-24-2026 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burd (Post 1690287)

What was Rochester named after?

Rochester Products, Rochester, NY

Burd	03-25-2026 07:49 PM

Oakland after Oakland county here?

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