Coil Box 2 cylinder?

[Larry Schramm]

I have this coil box that I believe is a 2 cylinder box.  Does anyone recognize it, and what it might be from?  Or is it a generic box?

 

Thanks,

 

[AHa]

Looks like Pfanstiehl but they usually have a name on them somewhere.

[41 Su8]

14 hours ago, AHa said:

Looks like Pfanstiehl but they usually have a name on them somewhere.

Did this company also make a switch to change from magneto to battery. I have a switch with this company name on it.

[Oldtech]

Might be railroad speeder.

[Terry Bond]

7 hours ago, Oldtech said:

Might be railroad speeder.

Call me stupid if you wish, but what the heck is a "railroad speeder?"

[Ozstatman]

According to Wikipedia, that fount of all wisdom ,it's one of these

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[Oldtech]

Yep. we always called them Jiggers but then NOBODY knows what that is.  Most proper name I think is "track Motorcar"

[Dandy Dave]

Fairmont was one of the more popular brands of track inspection cars around here. The earlier ones I have worked on were one cylinder two cycle engines that could be run in either direction to eliminate the need for a reverse transmission. Just move the spark lever and spin the flywheels in the other direction. Dandy Dave!

 Fairmont Speeders (wehs.net)

[1912Staver]

Lots of these were used on 2 cylinder boats as well.

[dustycrusty]

It would have to use the "wasted spark" ignition method if it is indeed a 2 cylinder coil, unless you posit  some type of distributor mechanism down stream to direct the high voltage spark to one cylinder on time, then to the other?

[Larry Schramm]

Thanks for all of your responses.   Appreciate it.

[AC Spark Plug-Flint Lifer]

I have several really early black bakelite coils to identify, and would like to know a simple way to test them to make sure they work. The same with this coil box; testing it to see if it works.  The coils are from the late teens into the 1930's, none look like the way they ALL were from the later '30s on.  

Edited February 9, 2022 by AC Spark Plug-Flint Lifer (see edit history)

[Jim Mead]

Could very well be part of an Atwater Kent Unisparker system. They were supplied with an integral switch or without. 

[Larry Schramm]

Thanks for your response.

[AC Spark Plug-Flint Lifer]

Thank you Jim.  My earliest automobile parts catalog here is 1919, and I've found one that looks like it, but it's inconclusive by the single picture.