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drolston · 08-08-2023, 05:00 PM

I have been helping a non-Barn friend with his '39 fire engine. Got it running but died when hot. It was the helmet coil, oozing tar. He would like to keep an original style coil and asked about the Dennis Carpenter reproduction 78-12024-A.

This is a parade vehicle, so it just needs to start and run reliably for a few hours each year. I said the Dennis Carpenter coil should work fine. But my advice was based on no actual experience with those coils.

Do we have a general thumbs up on the Carpenter unit, or should he do the coil conversion thing?

08-08-2023, 05:00 PM	#1
drolston Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Williamsburg, VA Posts: 1,811	Dennis Carpenter coil for 37 - 41 I have been helping a non-Barn friend with his '39 fire engine. Got it running but died when hot. It was the helmet coil, oozing tar. He would like to keep an original style coil and asked about the Dennis Carpenter reproduction 78-12024-A. This is a parade vehicle, so it just needs to start and run reliably for a few hours each year. I said the Dennis Carpenter coil should work fine. But my advice was based on no actual experience with those coils. Do we have a general thumbs up on the Carpenter unit, or should he do the coil conversion thing?