Unknown Ford part

divdigger · Jan 2, 2017

My first find of 2017. It's stamped with the Ford logo but not sure what part it's from. I found it at a farm site dating back to the 1800s. Looks like it's made of brass and is about 2 inches long.

allank · Jan 2, 2017

Valve stem cap........ is it the size of a bread box ?

yendor44420 · Jan 2, 2017

Sounds interesting. I hope you can ID it.

taz42o · Jan 2, 2017

My guess is coil point for model t.

divdigger · Jan 2, 2017

That's it, taz42o! Thanks! It looks like one of the loops has broken off of mine.

divdigger · Jan 2, 2017

allank said:
Valve stem cap........ is it the size of a bread box ?

Allank, it's small--about the same length as a AA battery. (I should have included a quarter in the pic for reference.) I did find a brass piece last summer that looks like the valve stem caps in your picture. I'll have to go back and look.

divdigger · Jan 2, 2017

I found a good picture online showing how the coil point attatched to the box.

yendor44420 · Jan 2, 2017

divdigger said:
I found a good picture online showing how the coil point attatched to the box.

That's pretty neat how the case is made of wood.

allank · Jan 2, 2017

divdigger said:
Allank, it's small--about the same length as a AA battery. (I should have included a quarter in the pic for reference.) I did find a brass piece last summer that looks like the valve stem caps in your picture. I'll have to go back and look.

I didn't see a picture , I still don't in your first post. I was guessing blindly

taz42o · Jan 2, 2017

I was guessing also, I dont see a pic in first post.
Its amazing where you will find model t parts,like they worked on them everywhere.

ScubaDetective · Jan 2, 2017

Looks about right. As my father would say:

A piece of tin, a piece of board.

Put them together, you have a Ford!

Very nice ID without a picture.

NectarDetector · Jan 2, 2017

allank said:
Valve stem cap........ is it the size of a bread box ?

I found one of those model t valve stem caps recently in a modern park...lol

divdigger · Jan 2, 2017

taz42o said:
My guess is coil point for model t.

That's quite impressive that you ID'd it without the picture coming through! :shock:

I didn't realize they weren't showing up--they looked OK on my end. I just hosted them on my Box account and updated the links. I'll have to figure out what the problem was...

divdigger · Jan 2, 2017

NectarDetector said:
I found one of those model t valve stem caps recently in a modern park...lol

taz42o · Jan 3, 2017

I see you pics in first post now.
There were so many model t front end bushings found on supposed undisturbed civil war battle fields that they were identified in mckee and mason bullet book as artillery fuse adapters. I only figured out what they really are about 5 years ago.

dlax · Jan 22, 2017

Thanks!

I pulled one of these from my yard today, too. Right near the driveway. I instantly thought, hey I feel like I just saw this somewhere. This forum is so useful!

divdigger · Jan 24, 2017

dlax said:
I pulled one of these from my yard today, too. Right near the driveway. I instantly thought, hey I feel like I just saw this somewhere. This forum is so useful!

Nice dlax! Yours even has all the terminals intact.

Digger-Dave · Jan 25, 2017

Holy schatt!

Imagine having ignition trouble because termites!!! :laughing:

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