Ford loses $1.3 Billion in Q1 of 2024, Delays plans to build more

[Anti Federalist]

+rep

My 1979 is like that. I took out the Ford Nevr-Spark electronic ignition and put in a breaker points distributor and coil.

 

[69360]

Uh huh.

Carry a condenser in a lead bag, and probably a coil too, or don't count on all that.

One of those early ignition boxes would fit in your lead-lined case just as easily.

I feel like the coil and condensor would survive EMP. Especially if they aren't connected. The way I understand it is that there needs to be long wiring connected to simple electronics that would act as an antenna to damage them. I do have spares of both in my shed.

 

[acptulsa]

The way I understand it is that there needs to be long wiring...

Do you know what a coil is?

 

[69360]

Do you know what a coil is?

From what I understand it takes miles of wiring acting as an antenna for an EMP to harm simple electronics. In the Carrington event the cross country telegraph wires caught fire. The US nuclear airburst starfish prime blew out streetlights connected to the power grid. But if a bulb wasn't connected it wouldn't blow. I think an ignition coil would survive an an EMP, it has maybe a hundred feet of wire in it.

 

[acptulsa]

Hey, who needs facts, or contingencies, if one has faith?

 

[69360]

Hey, who needs facts, or contingencies, if one has faith?

There has been military and private testing done that supports what I am saying here. They have hit modern cars with about 10 times what hit Hawaii in Starfish prime and some micro electronics are damaged but the simple stuff still worked, some even ran. Obviously intensity of the nuke and proximity make a big difference. But I am confident my old car would run after an EMP.

 

[fisharmor]

It's a beaut.... and it looks late enough that it might actually stop when you hit the brakes.