You can get a VW magneto ignition if you wish.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1504055

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1470160

Not much good unless you also have a carb.

Mark

JRodgers wrote:
> Airplanes do - why not cars?? LOL! Well, actually - nowadays there is a
> lock on the master switch in many of them. Plus cars don run on magnetos
> which do not require external power to operate in the same way a
> distributor does.
>
> John
>
> On 11/21/2013 11:58 AM, mark drillock wrote:
>> Do you want an additional manual switch that could be switched on with
>> the key out?
>