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Does anyone have an electrocic copy of the article that appeared in the vintage Ford Magazine written by Bruce McCalley whick showes photos of various Model T Ford coilboxes?
Alternatively does anyone know which issue of the Vintage Ford magazine this article appeared?
Ron Patterson

Ron,

I searched my cd of Vford and did not find an article on coil boxes. However, the CD version of Model T Encyclopedia has photos of the boxes from 1909-1915

Van

Here is a link to the index of Vintage Ford Magazine articles published in 2019 that covers 1966 through 2019.
https://www.mtfca.com/wp-content/upload ... _FINAL.pdf
I didn’t see an article about coil box types by Bruce McCalley.
One article attributed to him is “Evolution of” volume 44-4-12.
Maybe it’s a truncated title for what you are looking for.

Update:
I was looking for the coil box article and I found this post from 2008:
“By Ron Patterson on Monday, January 07, 2008 - 06:51 pm:
Joe
It appears you have the coilbox used on Model T's that were equipped with the FA starting and lighting system from 1919-1925. On these cars the ignition key and light switch was on the dash.
There is an excellent two part article by Gail Rodda with photos of all year Model T coils and coilboxs in the Model T Times issues March/April and May/June 1993.
I have a copy in my shop and refer to it very often.
Ron the Coilman”
From: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/29/44823.html