Anyone have any photos of those old Motion EI ignitions systems from the 60's?
Doing a history video on Baldwin Motion and having a hard time sourcing stock photos.
Quote from: CFMopar on February 21, 2022, 02:47:49 PM
Anyone have any photos of those old Motion EI ignitions systems from the 60's?
Doing a history video on Baldwin Motion and having a hard time sourcing stock photos.
Hi CFMopar, 14 March 2022
If you are referring to the transistor ignition Chrysler/Mopar racing was selling in the late 60's, We had one we bought in 1968. It didn't work very well. It used tiny points which went south quite quickly. We gave it to Bob Jennings as a curio of the early Mopar attempts at high tech ignition systems. Maybe some folks had better luck than we did. As far as we're concerned, it was unreliable. The idea was good, the execution left a lot to be desired.
Bob (taxspeaker) has a thread in the AERO section. You might want to contact him to see if he can post a photo or two of the unit . . . . if it is what you are looking for. We still have a couple sets of the points it used.
Best Always
426 Hemi Chicks
https://www.worldphaco.com/uploads/THE_TUNG_SOL_EI-4_CDI_UNIT_FROM_MOTION_Inc..pdf :2thumbs:
https://books.google.com/books?id=DR4y2DgC1wgC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=Motion+EI+ignitions&source=bl&ots=LZDCIm8u4J&sig=ACfU3U2FVpumfhQlZQiOkLGe6iFeOq-T5Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAq8aFh8f2AhWbSjABHd5kAGsQ6AF6BAhAEAM#v=onepage&q=Motion%20EI%20ignitions&f=false
Thanks a lot guys. Got the video up with a few of the images.
The History of Baldwin Motion (Part 1)
https://youtu.be/cMLPc_zHKnA