My 1915 project car has 2 coils with Sears sales stickers on them and the coils sold for $2.69 each.
Sears sold Model T parts through the early 1970's. So did Montgomery Wards.
Didn't Western Auto sell Model T parts?
Yes, my 24 came with rebuilt k&w from western auto dated 1954, all 4 had different caps in them none correct. KB
I repaired radios, TVs and other electronics equipment for income from 1955 to the 1985.
In most cases, replacement resistors and capacitors could be halved or doubled in value and tube systems would still work the same. Transistors were more sensitive to voltage and parts values.
One government system I worked on was initially manufactured with all precision capacitor and resistor components. The replacement contract used off the shelf components, cost a fraction of the original cost and still worked fine.
That might be true of Model T coils too.
I found a Western Auto the other day in Brooksville, Florida. No Model T parts. Is there other Western Auto's around.
Jim, Ron the Coilman has made extensive study on what's needed for a capacitor in a Model T coil. Not many available capacitors can take the voltage spikes, they fail early. The DV/DT rating must be high, like 700V/uSec. Here is his latest fids on what works: http://modelt.org/discus/messages/2/33940.html?1326134722
"fids" should be finds
There are privately owned Western Auto stores around still. The corporate owned stores were bought by Sears in the 1980's and closed shortly thereafter.
A privately owned WA store is still operating in Newport News, VA on Jefferson Highway.
Here's a little Western Auto trivia for you. This sign in Glen Chaffin's shop is blue and orange, the standard colors for the company's signage.
George Pepperdine, founder of Western Auto, established Pepperdine College in 1937. The school colors are blue and orange.
I have a copy of Western Auto Supply Co, Seattle Wa. for 1922. here's the cover. Its mostly T parts 127 pages and had 35 stores
locations. Interesting read.
Bob