Delta Mark Ten B Capacitive Discharge Ignition CDI box
It appears to have been made in 1973, per the date codes on the transistors, and the dated instructions.
The Mark Ten B is a capacitive discharge ignition. What it does
is store up electrical energy in a capacitor, then when triggered it
sends this energy to the ignition coil. The voltage sent to the coil is
higher than 12 volts, so the coil puts out a hotter spark than it would
with just ignition points. CDI is not quite the same thing as
Multiple Spark Discharge (such as the Autronics MSD box), which sends a
few high voltage pulses to the coil with each time the plug is supposed
to fire (at low speeds).
this is the
decal that came with the "new in
box" Mark Ten B that I have.
This is a used late 1968 Mark Ten. It also came with it's
box.
I also have a 1968 Deltakit Mark Ten assembly manual, see the
schematic here.