Show us some odd ignitions from the past

67Dart273 said
I had a REALLY REALLY bad attitude about "old Jacobs" for a very long time

In the early 70's they marketed a small device they called something like a "see dee' or "cee dee" or something, incinuating it was CDI. Not only was it NOT, it was almost a scam. Friend of mine took it apart, and there was something like 2 components in the thing. JUNK

This was a very small unit looked vaguely like the top of an ignition coil. I can find nothing on these

EDIT!!! FOUND IT!!! "Judson See Dee". IT IS NOT a "CDI" and in fact is not really an ignition at all. I believe it had about TWO components, and may have been nothing more than a diode clamp

If you examine the included wiring diagram, you will see this can NOT BE a CD, NOR IS IT a transistor switch!!! The breaker points wire REMAINS CONNECTED to the coil NEG

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archive...n/Judson SeeDee Installation Instructions.pdf