Arvin Products

The companies manufactured a wide variety of products over the years. The products and dates below a represent when significant new items were introduced into the product line --- (any text in BLUE below is a link to another page with expanded information):

Indianapolis Air Pump Co.

Tire pump (1919)
Arvin hot-air heater for automobiles (1920)

Indianapolis Pump & Tube

Metal tubing (1922)
Accelerator pedal(1924)
Dan Patch Coaster Wagon (1924)

Matchbook for heaters, home water heater, & Dan Patch items

Automobile jack (1925)

Noblitt-Sparks

Brake lever (1928)
Hubcaps (1928)
Bent tubing (1928)
Exhaust pipes (1929)
Mufflers (1929)
Rear-vision mirrors (1929)
Driving lights (1929)
Hot water automobile heater (1929) - See a sales catalog from 1941

Check out a rare1930 "Arvin Heat" Newsletter

Matchbook for heaters, home water heater, & Dan Patch items

Scooter (1929)
Electric water heater for homes (1930) - See sales brochure & matchbook cover
Fan-forced electric heater for home (1930)
- Model 100 fan-forced heater for home
Metal Coaster Wagons - Arvin Flying Ace- (1931)
Ace fan (1932)
Car radio (1933) -
- See Catalog / Brochure from 1937 or
- Sales material from 1939

Home radio (1935)
3-way car heater (heater, defroster, foot warmer) (1937)
Chairside radio (1938)
Metal cabinet radios (two-tube Mighty Mite) (1938)
Radio-phonograph combos (1938)
Bottled soft drink container (1938)
Portable radio (1939) See some advertising from 1950s Portables
Metal dinette sets (1940) - Currently only linked to a Facebook Album of images
Metal outdoor chairs (1940) - Currently only linked to a Facebook Album of images
War time items (bomb casings, rocket launch tubes, anti-tank mines, steel containers for ammunition, water, & gasoline, fire extinguishers, radio equipment, burster wells, many parts for tanks, trunks, jeeps, etc) (1941-1945). There is a separate section on this website dedicated to The War Years . (We know of one museum that contains a small exhibit of Arvin / Noblitt-sparks war time products - The Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum in Columbus, Indiana)
Electric irons (1945)
- Click here for Housewares Page that includes irons or
- Click here for hi-Res album for just the Irons
Metal ironing tables (1945)
Waffle baker-griddle combo (1946). Check out the recipe book, too. And its predecessor, the Arvin Lectric Grill.
FM & AM/FM radios (1947)
Electric toaster (1948)
Clock radios (1948)
Lazy Susan (late 1940s - still checking for date)
Television sets (1949) - See some TV sales sheets from the 50s

Arvin

Heater-fan combo (1950)
Many military products during Korean conflict (1951)
Coffee Percolator (1952)
- Click here for Housewares page that includes Percolator or
- Click here for a hi-Res album for just the Percolator
Clock radio with outlet & timer (1952)
Color television sets (1954)
Portable window fans (1954)
Arvinyl (1955)
Transistor radios (1956)
Radiant heat screens (1957)
Outdoor barbeque grills (1957)
Prismatic rear-view mirrors (1958)
Aftermarket exhaust systems (1959)
3-dimensional stereo phonographs (1960)
Portable phonographs (1961)
Automobile consoles (1961)
Stainless-steel mufflers (1961)
AM/FM Portable radio (1962)
Tubular metal tables (1962)
Humidifier (1962)
Baseboard heaters (1962)
Stereo tape recorders (1963)
Portable clothes dryer (1964)
Automatic door alarm(1965)
Instrument panels (1965)
Home tape cartridge players (1966)
CRV-XX color video recorder (1968)
Hair dryer (1969)
ASP (glass-packed performance muffler - Arvin Speed Pack
Lighted make-up mirrors (1970)
Shock absorber (1972)
Color video discassette recorder (1973)
Catalytic converter (1974)
A/B coax switches for TVs (1974)
Fireplace heat exchanger (1977)
Security systems for nuclear power plants (1978)
Wind turbine home attic ventilator (1979)