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I have to admit that when I first saw the thing I assumed that it was a ground support generator for the heated suits figuring that pilots flying out of Alaska who waited on the tarmac for the ground crews to finish their work would like to keep warm. Then I realized that this was fairly...

One of the guys here at work called it "Mechanical Folk Art" and thinks somewhere there is a market for such ingenious items...

What it SAYS on the front is kinda irrelevant to what it actually is. It has an aircraft generator on it but I know for certain this thing isn't an airplane. My guess is that the heat suit panel was added for the switch to control voltage/amperage to the output for welding....

I guess my next question should be: "What is the value of this?". I am sure that is the next thing my neighbor will ask. He is not a collector and would rather this go to someone who would appreciate it. As a whole, I don't see any real value here myself. In parts, I see some individual...

I think Mechanix is correct.

My neighbor picked this up thinking it was a generator. I have no idea what it is. Looks to be a cobbled together pile of parts from old Army Air Corps support equipment. WWII Something or other pictures by mongosarcade - Photobucket