Show us some odd ignitions from the past

pt70 said

Dart 273; thanks for the video. I did a little snooping and found out there were two systems. One had dry cell batteries, the other had V shaped magnets on the flywheel and acted like a magneto. This was the first multiple spark discharge system?

Note the two piece spark plugs. You would take them apart to clean them.

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My very first stitches were from two piece plugs. I was about 5 years old. We had an old shed, with a very small work area, the rest was a rickety garage/ woodshed. I was botherin Dad so he got a Model A plug, put it in the vise, and loosened the nut, then handed me a crescent wrench. I was having a ball taking it apart and putting it together.

"The last time" I "reefed" on the wrench, lost my balance, and fell backwards, with my hand extended to try and catch myself, and slid the space between my thumb and index finder HARD right down the cutting edge of a double bit axe standing in the corner. Off we went to the joint were they sew ya back up

I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD!!!