Re: Distributor: Prestolite vs Chrysler
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Prestolite made ignition products for both Ford and Chrysler, not just Chrysler Corp. I think they made OEM parts for Ford before getting Chrysler Corp. as a customer also
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Re: Distributor: Prestolite vs Chrysler
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[quote=gtx6970 Chrysler Dists were aluminum bodied, none dual point that I can think of [/quote] Have you seen any stock iron dual point distributors for 426 M.W. and 426 street Hemi and 340? I have Lots of them in fact, all OEM HP BB Mopars from 1960 to around 1971 in the six pack and street hemi motors and 340 motors Some had tach drives and some didn't
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Re: Distributor: Prestolite vs Chrysler
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Prestolite made ignition products for both Ford and Chrysler, not just Chrysler Corp.
Prestolite/Autolite supplied electrical components for a lot of the "orphan cars" that didn't make the stuff in house. You'll also find a lot of Delco (GM) electrics in orphan cars.
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Re: Distributor: Prestolite vs Chrysler
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Prestolite made ignition products for both Ford and Chrysler, not just Chrysler Corp.
Prestolite/Autolite supplied electrical components for a lot of the "orphan cars" that didn't make the stuff in house. You'll also find a lot of Delco (GM) electrics in orphan cars. Exactly the reason I haunt all the local Studebaker swap meets. There's gold in them there hills.....
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Re: Distributor: Prestolite vs Chrysler
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[quote=gtx6970 Chrysler Dists were aluminum bodied, none dual point that I can think of Have you seen any stock iron dual point distributors for 426 M.W. and 426 street Hemi and 340? I have Lots of them in fact, all OEM HP BB Mopars from 1960 to around 1971 in the six pack and street hemi motors and 340 motors Some had tach drives and some didn't [/quote] I never said they didnt . Did you even read what you quoted.? BUT have you seen any Chrysler produced aluminum bodied dist that were dual point ? Yet every dual point dist I ever seen was iron bodied made by Prestolite , And yes some Prestolite dists were single point , but still iron bodied Ps, mechanical tach cable drives are race car applications and I believe MAYBE some later 50-early 60s street car / off road / marine applications used a cable driven tach
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Re: Distributor: Prestolite vs Chrysler
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Ps, mechanical tach cable drives are race car applications and I believe MAYBE some later 50-early 60s street car / off road / marine applications used a cable driven tach
My 64 300 had a mechanical tach drive distributor. Had the 360hp 413 in it, not the 390hp version. No tach though, so I suspect it was simple a matter of all dual points had a mechanical tach drive by that point? Another possibility was that in the 24 years from the time it was built till I bought it someone swapped it in, lol.
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Re: Distributor: Prestolite vs Chrysler
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No those 300 Letter cars did use the tach drive distributors.
Besides dual points, that bearing plate I mentioned vice pivoting on a stud, also the prestolite vacuum cans could be customized easier. Until Chrysler went to their sealed version in 69. I should have clarified, mine was a Sport Series, iow a non letter car.
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Re: Distributor: Prestolite vs Chrysler
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Chrysler Dists were aluminum bodied, none dual point that I can think of
Have you seen any stock iron dual point distributors for 426 M.W. and 426 street Hemi and 340? I have Lots of them in fact, all OEM HP BB Mopars from 1960 to around 1971 in the six pack and street hemi motors and 340 motors Some had tach drives and some didn't The 69 383 big block powered A bodies had a prestolite dual point also , and I believe 70 was the last year for the 340 dual point ?
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Re: Distributor: Prestolite vs Chrysler
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Prestolite made ignition products for both Ford and Chrysler, not just Chrysler Corp.
Prestolite/Autolite supplied electrical components for a lot of the "orphan cars" that didn't make the stuff in house. You'll also find a lot of Delco (GM) electrics in orphan cars. Exactly the reason I haunt all the local Studebaker swap meets. There's gold in them there hills..... Funny you mention that, I developed an electronic ignition conversion for the Studebaker Prestolite distributor using the guts from a SB Mopar aluminum electronic distributor. Amazing amount of interchangeability...weights, governor, breaker plate and even the vacuum advance are pretty near a drop-in interchange, just had to tweak the phasing of the reluctor to make it work.
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Re: Distributor: Prestolite vs Chrysler
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Ps, mechanical tach cable drives are race car applications and I believe MAYBE some later 50-early 60s street car / off road / marine applications used a cable driven tach
My 64 300 had a mechanical tach drive distributor. Had the 360hp 413 in it, not the 390hp version. No tach though, so I suspect it was simple a matter of all dual points had a mechanical tach drive by that point? Another possibility was that in the 24 years from the time it was built till I bought it someone swapped it in, lol. i possess the log ram intake[s] and linkage, the exhaust manifolds, and the distributor from a 300F. the distributor is an iron, dual point, mechanical tach drive unit. all these items are factory issue to the above car. they were acquired during my junkyard ownership days when this particular car was scrapped, and it was locally owned and well known at the time as being factory correct. it was scrapped because it had been kicked outside to rot for many, many years, and was very rusty.
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