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Originally Posted by James G.
Boy I sure do like the original A points, sooo easy to gap check/set!! Still, I also greatly appreciate having the condenser on the upper plate. Why not marry the two???
Has anyone actually mounted original A points on the modern upper plate where the condenser is located???
My 31 Tudor is a touring pleasure. I've visited from Georgia to Nova Scotia, to WI, and to Louisiana. What I must have is maximum reliability and ease of servicing.
How about it --?? Has anyone here performed this marrage, original points on modern upper plate??
What have you tried, what worked and what didn't???
Thanks for your comments and thoughts.
Jim Gregory
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Jim, my first reaction to your question is 'Why'??
My personal experience says there is not really a need any longer.
We must go back and remember what the advantage was when NuRex introduced the 'modern' plate for Model-A distributers. At that time, reproduction capacitors/condensers were junk and would burn-out with frequency, and the reproduction point tips were not made with Tungsten which just made for a poor ignition system. During that same time, any local auto parts store had Ford V-8 points & condensers in stock which meant the likelihood of you getting stranded due to a faulty ignition system was rare.
Fast-forward 40 years, and you will find that today most local auto parts do not carry ignition points & condensers since around 1974 or so was the last Ford vehicles to use points or condensers, --however today there are quality made original points, stock-location burn-proof condensers that work well, and quality made points cams for the distributer that leave no excuse for not using the stock type system.
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