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Old 03-04-2018, 06:15 PM   #10
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Default Re: '55 T-bird distributor

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Originally Posted by Grumpy Rick View Post
Update:
I ended up using a Cardone rebuilt later model 292 distributor, with a Pertronix system. Works fine. I plan to later fit that AutoMeter 5000 RPM tach in the dash.
Thanks for the helpfull advice.
Great news! Good luck with the rest of it!

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Originally Posted by KULTULZ View Post
The author is starting off on the wrong foot...
Makes perfect sense to me.
You can change a '55/'56 distributor to a '57 distributor by getting a '57 distributor.

Perhaps the intent of the original author was to explain the installation of factory 'late-model' electronic ignition into a '57+ points style distributor.

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