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Old 06-22-2011, 02:01 PM   #21
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Henry's stuff is good enough for me. Many trouble free miles.
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Old 06-22-2011, 02:07 PM   #22
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All orginal on my 36 rd and 36 coupe, all i have do do is look at the starter sw and they start. I set them up myself .
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Old 06-22-2011, 02:32 PM   #23
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Mallory mechanical advance distributor with a 6V Pertronix I installed. 40KV Blaster coil. Runs great.

Keep the spare Mallory point plate AND the original load-a-matic distributor in the trunk.
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Old 06-22-2011, 02:36 PM   #24
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Crab style stock distributors. In my 40 the setup is stock, in my roadster I use a £10 "electronic ignition amplifier" That seems to work well enough, and as a byproduct does away with the potentially unreliable condensor.

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Old 06-22-2011, 02:58 PM   #25
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I also am using originial points and distributor, the only way to keep my 34 Ford, all Ford.
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Old 06-22-2011, 03:07 PM   #26
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twin points running on one ,With a back up set and condenser . .and my own rebuilt coil
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Old 06-22-2011, 03:09 PM   #27
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Have been running a Mickey Remund 6 Volt Pos grd Pertronix in the original Ford dist. for going on 15 years. No problems and runs better than ever. Always had trouble with point corrosion in this La. humidity before converting.
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Old 06-22-2011, 04:01 PM   #28
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Stock setups
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Old 06-22-2011, 05:11 PM   #29
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Original and 6v in both our cars,the 33 just did a 1000klm trip and a couple of weeks before another 1000klm trip, havent looked at the ign ,but it still starts and runs great,last trip towing a camper got nearly 20mpg.
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Old 06-22-2011, 05:14 PM   #30
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Fully rebuilt stock crab with 12v coil.
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Old 06-22-2011, 05:23 PM   #31
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Stock 6v with skip coils,
Both work very well on our 33 fordor and 34 3w.
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Old 06-22-2011, 05:24 PM   #32
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All original with Skip Haney rebuilt coil.
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Old 06-22-2011, 06:46 PM   #33
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'35 Two Ton, original rebuilt with Echlin bits and Skip's coil, and identical spare. Don't even have to look at the start button, just think START! and it's running, hot or cold. ..B.
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Old 06-22-2011, 06:47 PM   #34
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Original with Skip Haney Coil.
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Old 06-22-2011, 07:10 PM   #35
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MSD,Ilove it!
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Old 06-22-2011, 07:22 PM   #36
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Rebuilt 5 stockers this week for the early flathead , everyone of them had a advance problem with gummed up or stuck advance weights! Checked three new aftermarket units this week and everyone of them had the wrong advance curve or a incorrect amount of advance ( from very high to almost zero).
Its just a matter of making it right !!

See my other post on ignition coil drama.........
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...81#post6680881
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Old 06-22-2011, 08:19 PM   #37
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Mallory Unilite 12V on my 36 5W.Had the same on a 35 sedan.Both cars had 59AB engines.No problems so far.
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Old 06-22-2011, 08:43 PM   #38
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Use the stock crab, use a good coil, I recomend the MSD red crab cap, fits right on a stock crab. The stock black cap has a tendensy to crack. Send the dist with the cap to Bubba. You know my 40, I've used the crab for 35 yr's. That engine will rev 5 grand easy, starts with just a touch of the button. Walt
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Old 06-22-2011, 09:15 PM   #39
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I have used nothing but Harmon & Collins mags on every flathead I have built or owned since the mid 50's.
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Old 06-22-2011, 09:34 PM   #40
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Crab distributor with 8BA coil and bypassed resistor on 59L in a '36. Had some issues with the early coils and resistor, but no problems since the change.
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