UPDATE: I’ve added some photos of an actual Portarator.
Merton Day obtained this brochure years ago. It’s not a jeep specific item, but it is easy to see how one of these generators hooked to a jeep could prove useful. The Portarator was installed in the engine compartment for power tools or other electric devices (such as a margarita blender, should the mood strike).
B&B manufacturing produced other Portarator products, as this brochure demonstrates, but I couldn’t find any Portarator’s for sale. Here’s the brochure Merton saved:
It says the shipping weight of one unit was approximately 29 pounds. Probably not a cheaply made device.
Modern version is the power mite 110. It would be cool to have this older version in my flatty.
I have one of these I just found In an estate we purchased from a 98 year old electrical engineer and am having a hard time finding any additional info online.
Sandra,
I didn’t learn much about these when I did a search for them either after receiving this brochure. I would be interested to have some photos of a the device. If you have the time to do that, please send them to d@ewillys.com and I’ll add them to the post.
– Dave
Check you email I just a picture. The one I found seems to be the W 900 model