There is a '60s Prestolite ignition box on the 'bay for over $400. It is claimed to be NOS for a Hemi race car.

I stumbled across an identical used box at a swap meet and it has no numbers on it. It is somewhere in my junk bin. Were these boxes used for other cars? Were they sold aftermarket? I have seen a picture of the exact same box in a 1976 edition of "how to hop up up smallblock chevies" by Fischer and Waar.
For yers I thought they were for racing corvettes.

So, can someone help me out here? Is there a reliable history for these boxes?
Thanks,
R.

Come on, guys! This isn't a "What's it worth" question, it's a "what is it and where was it used" question.
R.

I retrofitted that box on my A12, put it in front of the rad. mtg panel for cooling.
Used the dual point with shorter arms and had good results.

If I remember, mine was blue, though.

Joe

I think he is asking what other cars beside the 68 SS A bodies had this ignition installed originally by Chrysler , I can't think of any other than maybe the A990 cars and/or brand X cars.???

I go a looong way back and don't remember them on anything as OE on any Mopar, BUT I've been wrong before.

Joe

I think Studebaker was another manufacturer that used them - Circuitry may not be exactly the same as the race box

yes studebaker. ive got a nos box with a studebaker sticker on it,it looks just like the mopar box,just it got no paint on it,and its just 3 cables going out from it.no connector at the end.if anyone needs it.pm

The Prestolite black box was factory installed in the 1967 RO/WO cars. The old Direct Connection Performance Book (Bulletin #25) also has information, part numbers, wiring diagrams, etc.

Many
thanks, more to go on.
R.

I've sold quite a few of the NOS Studebaker boxes, being I'm in South Bend. The Stude boxes I had were used for Canadian Studebakers in 65 and 66, even though Studebaker was using the Prestolite boxes as early as 1963. The boxes I was selling had the same color wires as Mopar and the same plug, but the wires were quite a bit longer. All that was needed was to shorten the wire and paint the box your favorite Mopar color. The Stude parts plant is all out of them, since they were selling them at $2.00 each when they had open house a few years ago.

There is a Stude Prestolite box, coil and other assorted parts on e-pay at the moment.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121021596314?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Not mine, don't know the seller or have any connection to them. This is just a heads-up in case someone is looking.