Thread: 1947 Ford v8
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Old 06-07-2020, 09:54 AM   #11
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Default Re: 1947 Ford v8

The 1947 was still running the 59 series engine in cars & trucks. The 8BA came along in 1948 for trucks the 49 for cars.

The rabbit ear or crab type distributors still have value. If you don't want to keep it then someone likely will want it. They are a decent distributor since they have both centrifugal advance and the vacuum brake for load spark control. Centrifugal distributors don't have load control for better mileage at cruise speed.
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