Coils that sometimes will reward the Model T driver with a âfree startâ if when the engine was turned off, one of the pistons stopped just after top-dead center on the compression stroke. The vibrator ignition coil system did not originate with the Model T, never-the-less; the Model T was its most famous application. In this and the following two articles we will attempt to comprehensively present the story of the Model T ignition coil.
The Mexican War. The Mexican War between the United States and Mexico began with a Mexican attack on American troops along the southern border of Texas on Apr. 25, 1846. Fighting ended when U.S. Gen. Winfield Scott occupied Mexico City on Sept. 14, 1847; a few months later a peace treaty was signed (Feb. 2, 1848) at Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Mexico had warned it would regard annexation as an act of war. When it took place, Mexico did not declare war, but broke diplomatic relations. The Boundary Dispute. Regardless of its status (was it an American state or a rebellious Mexican province?), the United States maintained that the southern border of Texas was formed by the Rio Grande, but Mexico argued that the traditional boundary was at the Nueces River farther north. The California Question.