Model T Dealers plate?

[Garageguy]

Hello all, does anybody have any idea what this is off or for?

 

[Will N]

Wasn't Splitdorf a vendor that supplied ******** coils for the really early Ts?

 

[stevests]

Most likely a "master" coil plate or possibly for a high tension magneto.

 

[mercman from oz]

Garageguy asks "does anybody have any idea what this is off or for?"

 

[mhsprecher]

As was mentioned before, Splitdorf made electrical parts back in the Model T days. My Model T came with Splitdorf spark plugs. https://oldcroak.com/splitdorf-1/ https://wrenchwiki.com/splitdorf-spark-plug/

As to this specific plate, I cannot say. Maybe from a Splitdorf dealer's display?

 

[ronn]

I own a Splitdorf crystal set. they were into just about everything electrical.

 

[rotorwrench]

Splitdorf made ignition components for Ford as well as others. Ford had a half dozen suppliers of components. They made some of the coils and they made some coil boxes as well as i gnitiongnition switches. Since that plate includes Model T on it as well as the Splitdorf trade name then it may have been on one of those components. As mentioned, it could have been a display plate but I don't know with any certainty what it was for. It may have been a battery box plate for all I know.

I think Splitdorf eventually became part of the Edison Company which was already a part of General Electric. They made a lot of magnetos. The Dixie 4-cylinder magneto was adapted to the Model T but it had it's own data plate.