Re: 1941 Clipper Ignition Coil
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I don't have any part numbers for the Clipper coil but perhaps someone else will know if either of the coils you have are correct. Good original coils are hard to come by and while some vendors do offer exchange rebuilts and the occasional NOS does come along, some of the rebuilts have proven to be problematic and IMO, using a dried out 70 or 80 year old NOS coil is asking for trouble.
It is always good to have a spare coil anyway so you might pick up a universal IC7 coil along with a universal bracket from Napa to do the testing. That coil can also be used as a spare if you do find or have a good original.. Although the modern coil does not mount the same way and you will need to extend the wire in the armored cable that connects to the terminal on the bottom of the original coil so it will reach the new terminal location on the modern coil, the IC7 does work well in the Clipper. If you wanted to totally convert to a modern coil, every so often old conversion brackets appear on ebay which will allow the modern coil to mount using the screw holes in the original location. You will still need to extend the armored cable wire and protect the extended length from vibration and being damaged as it comes thru the firewall. Unfortunately the conversion bracket does not have a provision for the wire so you are kind of on your own in figuring out the best way. When I converted to an IC7 in my 47 I made a bracket to mimic the original mount and look. Doing something like that is another option or you could just mount a cover plate over the hole in the firewall and use the universal bracket to mount the new coil horizontally over the cover plate. Here is an example of the commercial bracket and a photo of what I made.
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Howard
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