Vertex Magneto ID?

Any Ideas what this is off of? I thought it was a Banger, but no luck- Thoughts?

 

More Pic of the Magneto-

 

No idea at all...but it looks like it would be easy to adapt to an A or B by shortening the shaft and milling it to a drive tab and adjusting the shank to diameter of B distributor.

 

Thanks Bruce- I was told it's possible, by a few different people. That might be what I'll end up doing. I sent some pics to H&H and they thought it could have been used for an old Cosworth.

 

Vertex is in Blue Bell,Pa. I used to send them back for a tune up.

 

Looks to me like it might be an external-driven magneto. is that a keyed shaft with a nut to hold a pulley in place? Then you'd just have a piece of slit tubing to pinch the dark part of the base and run a belt to the crank or whatever, i've seen deisel turbo tractors coverted to alcohol and sparkplug/magneto ignitions clamp the magneto to the head and let them hang out over the front of the engine to be driven.

 

Try Hunt Magnetos in Sacramento,CA, both for service & for I.D. of unit

 

Tried them, no dice-

 

I was told Vertex was bought by Taylor. I called Taylor an they don't have a lot of records from Vertex because at some point their building caught on fire and documents were lost.

 

Thanks! Interesting, never thought about that-

 

Make sure the rotation is correct for your application. They will spark going backwards but the internals are directional.

 

Thanks- Yeah, if I am not mistaken the rotation is different for VW's, etc.