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Posted by: bfrymire Nov 24 2011, 12:12 AM

Hello,

Kind of a price check kind of thread. I have an old (10+ years old) Jacob's ignition box. I am not at home at the moment, don't remember the part number and don't have a photo. (yet)

If there is any interest, I will put an ad in the classifieds. The reason to put it here, is you need a price for the classifieds. And I have no idea if it has any value at all.

-- brett

Posted by: jaxdream Nov 24 2011, 09:55 AM

Most things have some kind of value , just who is willing to purchase is the real question. check evil bay for pricing guide , price acordingly ( 50% , 75 % , 25 % ,etc. of projected value)go from there . Heck you may get a hit or 2 .
My $.02.........

Jack

Posted by: ArtechnikA Nov 24 2011, 11:17 AM

Really hard to say, IMO.

Jacobs was The Hot Setup when your only other choices were OEM Bosch and PermaTune (before they earned their PermaDoom moniker).

Nowadays, one of the multiple-spark technologies (e.g. Autotronic (MSD) or Crane) seem to be the systems of choice.

The Jacobs is an interesting 'period-correct' upgrade, but it's neither factory nor the best currently available CDI.

My guess is it'd have more interest with the early 911 guys who are having to deal with failing Bosch units. OK - that includes 914.6 guys too - but I have to wonder how many 914.6 guys are looking for period-appropriate but not factory stuff. I know of a couple of hard-core concours 914.6 guys and you'd never get them to consider anything but a factory-looking part.

The market for old new technology is fairly specialised...

Posted by: bfrymire Nov 24 2011, 01:34 PM

QUOTE(jaxdream @ Nov 24 2011, 07:55 AM)

Most things have some kind of value , just who is willing to purchase is the real question. check evil bay for pricing guide , price acordingly ( 50% , 75 % , 25 % ,etc. of projected value)go from there . Heck you may get a hit or 2 .
My $.02.........

Jack

Thanks for the input Jack. My usual approach, is to fix a value and lower it over time. (This is how I do craigslist. ) I would say, $60, then wait two weeks, then drop to 50, etc.)

This ignition is one of the early ones, as it does not have a model number on it.

Here's a picture.

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Posted by: bfrymire Nov 24 2011, 01:37 PM

QUOTE(ArtechnikA @ Nov 24 2011, 09:17 AM)

Really hard to say, IMO.

Jacobs was The Hot Setup when your only other choices were OEM Bosch and PermaTune (before they earned their PermaDoom moniker).

Nowadays, one of the multiple-spark technologies (e.g. Autotronic (MSD) or Crane) seem to be the systems of choice.

The Jacobs is an interesting 'period-correct' upgrade, but it's neither factory nor the best currently available CDI.

My guess is it'd have more interest with the early 911 guys who are having to deal with failing Bosch units. OK - that includes 914.6 guys too - but I have to wonder how many 914.6 guys are looking for period-appropriate but not factory stuff. I know of a couple of hard-core concours 914.6 guys and you'd never get them to consider anything but a factory-looking part.

The market for old new technology is fairly specialised...

This is why I posted the question. I completely agree with what you are saying. This ignition was on my 914-6 and I removed it to modernize it.

To be trueful, I didin't see much diffence going to a newer CDI.

All the ones on EBAY seem to be the newer versions...

Thanks for the input!!

-- brett

Posted by: underthetire Nov 24 2011, 01:42 PM

A guy at work swears by them. He has one on his opel gt. I can ask him as well.

He bought the car new off the lot btw, kinda cool.

Posted by: orange914 Nov 25 2011, 12:03 PM

I had one in the early 90's, had an intermittant shut off issue. Probably just my unit, it had same condition on multiple cars

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