Show us some odd ignitions from the past

pt70 said

I had an old fordson steel wheel tractor. It had 4 boxes on the side of the engine which somehow provided spark to the plugs. ??? It didn't have a water pump, just convection flow. If you hit a rock it would tear the steering wheel out of your hands.

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Model T Ford Spark coils. The ORIGINAL "coil on plug" or "coil near plug" ignition. They have a buzzer device, and when supplied with power, will generate a continuous spark. When I was young---10? ish? I used to "rig" a T coil we had to my train transformer, and go out on the little sidewalk and "lightning bolt" insects. It would REALLY destroy an ant with a good hit

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