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| | | Forums66 Topics128,034 Posts1,055,542 Members48,425 | | Most Online14,466 Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down with Ads! Again, thanks! | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 | Nope- - - -that fits the top of a banjo-housing 4 cylinder Ford tractor engine. An "Electrolock" was an armored cable housing that fit the top of a mid-1930's coil on Chevy and Chrysler Corp. engines as an anti-theft device. I believe Model A Fords had the same setup. The wire from the ignition switch ran inside the armored jacket, and entered the coil from the opposite end than the high voltage tower and the primary terminal going to the distributor. Some electrolock systems had a coil with a flange that mounted through a hole in the firewall and put the whole ignition wiring setup inside the vehicle under the dash. Jerry
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