I have a n umber of older cars from 1936 on - I mostly use a CD ignition
driven by the breaker points, and I hide the CD unit somewhere - the Delta
Mk 10 is a good unit for this - you can get them in 6 and 12V - or if you
have a little electronic skill, browse to the "articles I wrote" section of
my web page and find the article on building your own CD ignition - the
points will last a very long time when driving a CD ignition and if you want
to take it out to be 100% authentic for a show, there is no hard work
involved.



"Steve W." wrote in message
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Robert Swinney wrote:
When "restoring" a vintage car how does one handle the ignition system?
It seems a more faithful
restoration would leave the original ignition components intact. But,
OTOH, switching to modern
solid state would be the best plan. Please advise.

Bob Swinney


What is the goal of the restorer?
Concourse and points style competitions with a trailer queen?
OR a nicely restored but fully functional driver?

Of course this also brings up the question of what can you hide in plain
sight with regards to the ignition. For instance on most points units
you have a single wire coming out to the coil. You can get two conductor
wire in a single black shell that would enable you to hide a Pertronix
module under the cap and use a standard oil filled coil and it would
look fine because you can hide the second wire in the harness.

http://www.pertronix.com/

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Steve W.