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I use a pertonix in my 66 galaxie but I have the mopar elec dist kit in the 59 dodge ( you get the dist, wiring and orange ignition box in the kit) . I've heard of the pertonix units failing, and its hard to pick up a new one at a store if it fails while you are on a trip or something, so I keep a points/condensor backup kit in a small box in the trunk of the ford. If the dodge has an ignition sys issue, any autozone has parts.
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From: Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Fri, Jan 28, 2011 19:45:57 GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Pertronix
Wonderful.....that's why I'm going to be carrying a spare points-dissie with Horrie.
BTW, a Pertronix system will make the electrical system maintenance free and will
provide (maybe-) a hotter spark than your present coil might be providing, but it well
NOT increase a car's ignition/timing performance over whatever your present distributor
is providing, in its initial, mechanical and vacuum advancements.
Dave Homstad has confirmed that the dual point 300 distributors are woefully under-advanced
and are not good candidates for hot-rodding a car's performance.
Neil Vedder
RICHARD SKINNER wrote:
> I too have added Pertronix to my '59 but in the regular distributor > (Pertronix factory conversion) as well as their coil. No problem in > the past several years. > > Also of note, at my local speed shop, the owner showed me some of the > returned Pertronix parts that have seriously failed (melted) - turns > out that recently Pertronix has had its parts made in China. These > are the ones failing. FYI
> > Dick Skinner
> 1959 Plymouth Sport Suburban
>
>
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> *From:* Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc
> *To:* L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Fri, January 28, 2011 2:23:56 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [FWDLK] Restoration and Preservation.
>
> And, as an adjunct to all this great discussion--as long as it > continues to be civil---which it has been, btw...
>
> Doesn't anyone else sort of feel sorry for the guy who buys a freshly > "restored" auction car, KNOWING
> that that poor car, if it's ever driven, will probably not be able to > get out of its own way, because we well
> understand what-all is involved in dialing-in our cars to operate and > handle properly, and that a static
> restoration can not possibly address the myriad (physically-messy) > issues that are involved in getting
> a car to be able to run-right?
>
> Also, I feel sorry for the car, too, because its rich owner will never > be interested in driving it extensively
> or really bonding to it, other than as its being a trophy to his wealth.
>
> We all modify our cars, to certain differing extents, because we DO > drive them.
>
> I personally modify my car's performance, rather than to make obvious > physical changes to him.
>
> Thanks to Dave Homstad's assistance, Horrie's newest gizmo will be a > Pertronix electronic ignition
> system (which requires that a dual-point distributor to be used for > its installation) which is installed
> in a 1955 Windsor Poly distributor---which is one of the VERY few 50's > dissies that happens to have
> excellent mechanical advancements in it, for increased performance.
>
> Neil Vedder
>
>
>
> John Bartell wrote:
> > On 1/28/2011 12:14 PM, Adam Lindenbaum wrote:
> >> I thought the subject was going to be dropped but I have to ask, do > you honestly think all it takes is a blow torch to re-engineer a car > to make it perform better than the highly paid factory engineers > could? Now can we drop this, I don't even know what kind of car you > have but I respect it, it's yours, you love it, respect other people.
> >> Adam Lindenbaum
> >>
> >>
> >> > >> Subject: [FWDLK] Restoration and Preservation.
> >> The FORWARD LOOK forum was founded and dedicated to the correct > restoration and preservation of Forward Look cars.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "And, there's no greater feeling than to know you've done it > right...even when you add the changes to make it your own!"
> >
> > John in WI...some more white stuff coming our way!
> >
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