 OT: Is there value to an old Jacob's ignition box?, Cleaning garage out, don't know to sell or not. |
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| bfrymire |
 Nov 24 2011, 12:12 AM
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Salsaholic  Group: Members Posts: 590 Joined: 1-August 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 2,431 Region Association: Northern California  |
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. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) And I have no idea if it has any value at all. -- brett |
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| jaxdream |
Nov 24 2011, 09:55 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 974 Joined: 8-July 08 From: North Central Tennessee Member No.: 9,270 Region Association: South East States |
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 |
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| ArtechnikA |
Nov 24 2011, 11:17 AM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
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... |
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| bfrymire |
Nov 24 2011, 01:34 PM
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Salsaholic Group: Members Posts: 590 Joined: 1-August 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 2,431 Region Association: Northern California |
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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| bfrymire |
Nov 24 2011, 01:37 PM
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Salsaholic Group: Members Posts: 590 Joined: 1-August 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 2,431 Region Association: Northern California |
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. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) 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 |
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| underthetire |
Nov 24 2011, 01:42 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,062 Joined: 7-October 08 From: Brentwood Member No.: 9,623 Region Association: Northern California |
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. |
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| orange914 |
Nov 25 2011, 12:03 PM
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http://5starmediaworks.com/index.html Group: Members Posts: 3,371 Joined: 26-March 05 From: Ceres, California Member No.: 3,818 Region Association: Northern California |
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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