Cars In Books, March 1979
There are some interesting references to cars in "The Unforgiving Minute" (W. H. Allen, 1978), the fascinating if at times almost unbelievable autobiography of Beverley Nicholls. When I first began…
The coil plays an extremely important part in the running of a car, especially when high performance is required. Owners of sports cars would therefore do well to become acquainted with the Mamba’ coil, the 12-volt model of which will spark satisfactorily under compression and run an engine with only 4 volts at the battery. It is actually available in 6 or 12 volts. The construction of the coil is of an unorthodox pattern, and enables it to meet the demand for high speed operation necessary on most sports engines to-day.
The price of the Mamba’ coil is 50s., and the sole agent is Mr. C. Desiderio, 143, Whitfield Street, London, W. 1.