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  1. First pic is a Delco distributor setup with standardized magneto mounting dimensions as used on 1917 Dodge. Second pic is magneto on Fast 4 Dodge for export.
  2. 6" x 8" Hardbound book with 240 pages of electrical info on early car ignition systems. $25, 48 state delivery $10.
  3. Well Wayne you are usually close if not right on target but this last sentence I am going to take issue with!! Light a gas lamp, close the door, and the flame will go out quickly without venting. That is what a candle snuffer is all about. These lights are Solar and their design is called French style. Their hourglass shape was popular in the mid teens. First picture is a pair on a 1913 Stutz. These have optional bails on top. Second picture is of a 1915 Kissel, no bails but special for Kissel are the octagonal rims, maybe one size larger diameter as well. Gray & Davis also made a series of French style lamps, most notably seen on era Cadillacs.
  4. Closer inspection seems to indicate that these were originally early electric lights that have been modified to imitate gas lamps. The bonnets on top are a "restorers" attempt to make the lamps look like gas lamps but there are no vent holes in the top and bottom of the bodies for air to pass thru when burning gas. Move the date of manufacture to 1913-1914.
  5. Look on the hex nuts that hold the doors closed, I believe you will see the makers name of SOLAR. The numbers are year and model. Most likely not for a specific car but came on several makes and offered as aftermarket replacements. Dated about 1912.
  6. Hugh, And your dimension statement brings up another issue at the very end. "case hardened" tells us that this is steel, most Oldham coupling applications are fiber.
  7. Wagon wheels with a plain band around the wheel were shrunk on as suggested. Could be done in the field where no large press was available. Early car wheels with a wooden felloe were pressed together as suggested and riveted to the rim like wagon wheels. Demountable rim car wheels with a steel felloe have the spokes cut at a shallow angle where they meet together. This allows the outer end of the spoke to be entered into the felloe alternating the spokes from inside and outside. When the hub bolts are tightened the hub ends of the spokes then come together with a flat face for the faceplate and the spoke angle cut forces the spokes out radially to tighten the wheel. This is probably clear as mud!
  8. Yes speedometer cable driving from a gear on the front wheel. On expensive cars the speedometer would have usually been standard equipment. Others usually offered a speedometer " at list", that is you paid list price and they would include installation, either from the factory or installed by the dealer in the field. Thus many makes of antique cars have no standard or stock speedometer, it was what was available or they could get the best deal on ( dealer purchased at wholesale and sold the the car owner at list price).
  9. Dimensions of the slots and thickness of the disc et. would be helpful as these came in many sizes/dimensions.
  10. Am hoping for your indulgence, not brass era but a Model T Ford and not one that most can identify with!
  11. Houk wire wheels were first offered as an option on 1914 Stutz cars, that was the first year of Houk manufacture. They became Stutz standard equipment in 1917. True 1919 Stutz carried Rudge wire wheels and Stutz switched back to Houk for 1920 and the rest of 4 cylinder production. Houk hubcaps 1918 and earlier have an octagon for the wrench while 1920 and later Houk design is a recessed hexagon as this Roadster is carrying. Does anyone know which style Houk was offering for the 1919 model year? That would be for other makes of cars than Stutz. Tail light on the Roadster is aftermarket along with a couple of other items.
  12. I have a large collection of original early Bosch magneto literature. Contact me with your needs and I may be able to offer manuals or PDF electronic copies. Can also explain the 5th terminal and wire.
  13. 1917 Series R or Series S Depending on whether it had the new dual valve engine and Bearcat body ( Series S) or the old Wisconsin engine ( all other body styles). First year for crowned fenders, last year for small diameter radiator neck. I believe this one is a 1917 S Bearcat although the often misstated registration says roadster.
  14. Can supply this Eisemann dual switch/coil. $350
  15. Bosch terminology is a deep and mysterious subject! I joke to friends about what I call the "twozies". Bosch used about a dozen different words (i.e. Duplex, dual, twin) and combinations of word and the number 2. They all were for different electrical systems. Much of our word problems seem to come about because other early electrical manufacturers used the same words for their equipment that was different than Bosch. Also the common public usage of words changed over time and was not consistent. Yes a definitive description of what you are trying to do is of great help. I have even run afoul of a would be buyer of a magneto supplying a picture they thought was of what they needed to do! Sometimes I can be kind of a stickler for using the Bosch terminology because I want to match the original literature and markings on the magnetos.
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