Re: Phase III super Spark CD boxes
 

OT, but I have two sisters, Eileen and Monica. Monica is the youngest and sorry- she's married. Her Nova is finally rolling along again and should be getting warapped up within the next year if things work out.

Here is Eileen's Camaro. She built it as a teenager and has been done for almost 15 years!
http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/w...how2002006.jpg

Both girls were heavily involved in building their cars.

Re: Phase III super Spark CD boxes
 

Reviving the thread with a cross post form another.

The "other" popular motion ignition box seemed to be Mark Ten B as seen on these two cars

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...ture4085-1.jpg


http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...icture4095.jpg

I've heard they were or were similar to an equivelant HeathKit. Nice to see these old boxes also working on these cars.

I'm not sure if there was a rhyme or reason to which box would be used, but I really think the black box looks the best.

Popular Science Dec 1974
http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/w...CD/markten.jpg

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I don't think the MARK TEN boxes were used until 70+ on the BM Cars. I had a 70 BM Chevelle that came with the MARK TEN box. had date coded diodes correct for the car build date, so assumed it was still the original one to the car.

My 68 and 69 had the Phase III Box.

Re: Phase III super Spark CD boxes
 

You may have a good point. Can anyone check any old Motion literature to see when the Phase III SUper Spark seems to first show up, and also the Mark Ten unit? I think the one I have is a 1970 unit and it's over at my dad's right now.

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I have some of the red boxes stashed away. I think I still have a couple of the blue ones too.


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does anyone have one of these phase III boxes for sale?
joe

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The one I had posted for sale here didn't generate any interest. I posted it on ebay and got what I wanted. I do have a few others used and NOS. I would be willing to part with. All are jacobs style with the generic (non Jacobs branded) switch. I can include a reproduction Phase III sticker.

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Like some have posted earlier about manufacturers, most of todays parts have slight improvements over the past. Good stuff!

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My '69 Road Runner always had trouble starting in damp weather (you could spit next to that car and it didn't want to start!) I installed a Delta Mark 10 CD unit and I never had another problem. Also, the points lasted 3 times as long. It was the same unit as the Heathkit. They were offered with and without a red button on the side to disable it while tuning so the dwell meter could pick up the signal. I collected a few of them over the years but never hooked one up again.
Great idea at the time.
When I bought my last '62, it came with one and the original owner saved all the literature for it including some correspondence he had with the company regarding how to make the factory tach work with it.
Verne

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PXTX
Grant (The maker of steering wheels and helmets) made the boxes for Joel-or most likely Joel bought the boxes from them and added his own decal. Grant was selling these ignition boxes back in 1968 and they were black and were 100% identical to the boxes Joel sold.

I always thought Jacobs did not even start as a company until 1973-1974 ish anyway-and they said they got their their start due to the 1970's energy crisis?.

Jacobs was the one that probabaly got the box molds from Grant when they got out of the CD ignition business and concentrated on steering wheels.