A lucky eBay find: NOS SWB Coil

[sithot]

Chris:

I made my own decals at my own expense with my own material. Most of these decals have been copied and re-copied. The green decal has been done more than once. They may not have always been "perfect" but generally looked good from a galloping horse. I received a few as a gift from one of our esteemed members about 2 years ago. He's one of those guys that gives back to the group. He's a novelty and great Porsche enthusiast whose heart is in the right place. (not near his wallet)

FWIW, I'm pretty sure these GREEN decals were not originally DIGITALLY "printed" in the 60's. I reckon someone will have to find an offset printer to be 100% accurate.

The Fuel Pump decals for Bendix style pumps have been available in paper or vinyl. I've seen lots of these. Most shops make them or source them from somewhere else. Other decals are a dime a dozen or you roll your own. I have rolled my own....decals.

IMHO: "Hard parts" are where the rubber meets the road. Authentic reproductions like these: Auto Foreign Services http://www.autoforeignservices.com Parts from long time vendor Stoddard http://www.stoddard.com NLA http://nlaparts.com/store/ Restoration Design:http://www.restoration-design.com Simonsen: http://simonsen-356.dk (US Dealer-Zim's) Partsklassik http://www.partsklassik.com represent guys carrying the Porsche hobby with skin in the game.

Decals are not an unimportant part of a good restoration but they can be reproduced more easily than any of the things that the aforementioned vendors offer and why cottage industries are a player. But like anything that's easy to make, anyone can do it and it does not require a lot of effort.

[preS]

IMHO: "Hard parts" are where the rubber meets the road. Authentic reproductions like these: Auto Foreign Services http://www.autoforeignservices.com Parts from long time vendor Stoddard http://www.stoddard.com NLA http://nlaparts.com/store/ Restoration Design:http://www.restoration-design.com Simonsen: http://simonsen-356.dk (US Dealer-Zim's) Partsklassik http://www.partsklassik.com represent guys carrying the Porsche hobby with skin in the game.

Tom I think you are missing / have to add Marek.

Richard

[sithot]

You're absolutely right. Now, he is another one in the trenches who has pulled a few rabbits out of his hat.

Thanks for the reminder.

Tom

[718RSK]

But, I most certainly appreciate you're putting my name in "print"! All mentions are gladly appreciated, even if they are not "kind".

cheers Joris,
Eric

Eric, as you know I am most thankful that you Brad and many others are supporting our hobby and making a living out of doing it. I know the frustration of making parts and never seeing any profit on them. I am still in the hole on many of the 4-cam parts I have had made

What I meant to say that is he is upset about me and Manuel making probably $150-200 tops in making these decals, he should also be upset with all other vendors reproducing parts and making an often tiny living doing so.

Thanks for your efforts, you know I appreciate it

[sithot]

What is apparently an Alfa coil sold to me as a "911 coil" by a member a number of years ago. It's NOS and since there is nothing running on olive oil around here it's in the "stash". LOL

Tom

[1968sporto911s]

I was searching for the right decal for my 68 911s but had never expected the color was green.

[304065]

It would be hard to to tell! By the way, nice panel. Nice original coil with flat terminals, nice ballast relay with date code, good original Voltage Regulator (what are the last three digits I can't tell) and nice 68-only resistor, hardi fuel pump bracket (68 only) also unbroken fins on your terminal block, and your panel shows where the ground strap was connected! I have never seen that before.

[preS]

It would be hard to to tell! By the way, nice panel. Nice original coil with flat terminals, nice ballast relay with date code, good original Voltage Regulator (what are the last three digits I can't tell) and nice 68-only resistor, hardi fuel pump bracket (68 only) also unbroken fins on your terminal block, and your panel shows where the ground strap was connected! I have never seen that before.

And thanks to you for sharing all these (68 only) details.

Richard

[1968sporto911s]

304065, Is it this you wanted to see?



and after installation.

[G69]

My '69S glovebox handbook says .016 point gap.

I think I remember seeing .012 somewhere.

I always thought .12 was awful small (close) before the plastic cam wiper broke-in on a new contact breaker.
After 40 miles maybe the wiper could be re-set to hold the .012-

Did I dream the .012?

Wouldn't .012 give the coil more time to saturate at 7200 rpm?
I always figured this problematic close setting was to enable strong spark at top speed.

A friend's 72's points closed up in the Holland Tunnel. Ouch.

Pertronix now. 'Never look back.