Model T ignition switch

[Valleyordnance]

Hi Guys,

Bought a model T project for a good deal but don't know what I've gotten into. Not sure how to tell what exact year/model I have. It's got a starter in it. right side passenger door only. Must have had a rear passenger compartment but it's missing. Planning on making it into a pickup. I've re-done all the wooden skeleton. now I'm trying to figure out how to get it to run. Problem is it's a project someone else has worked on.

Near as I can tell there are two ignition switches? There is one on the coil box and one mounted on the dash with an ammeter next to it. From my research online there should be one or the other, correct? There are two connections on the coil box instead of one shown in most wiring diagrams. It has the "Clum" type ignition switch on the dash.

Any help?

 

[rotorwrench]

1919 or later on electric cars. The engine serial number is about all a person can go by other than various other characteristics. The 1926 and 27 models are enough different to tell them pretty well due to the body changes and cowl gas tank. The coil box was on top of the engine on those. The early ones had the coil box in the middle of the dash and the switches were also on the box on early cars. The rectangular switch panel with the ammeter came along in 1919 with electric cars. The key is for the ignition function and the lever is for the lights. In 1926, Ford changed to an oval shaped dash switch housing with ammeter. The coil box switch should be for the ignition only while the dash lever or a push pull switch would operate the lights. I'm not sure enough to be able to tell a person all that there is to know about the different model T switches. My model T info is limited. I did find this link:
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/80257/114115.html?1258071835

The switch controlled all the electrics but the horn on later model T cars. When electric headlights came out, they were initially powered by the magneto and wired in series using 28-volt bulbs. There was some overlap of the electrical systems in the 1919 model and some later cars. They could be crank only or electric starter equipped until Ford made them all electric. This would have started as optional before it became standard equipment. Due to this, there were several switch arrangements before all cars became electric. I'm sure more than a few cars have been mixed and matched for this stuff over the years.