The Ford Barn

ford38v8 · 11-14-2022, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by bigd1101

Now that's interesting......never seen one.

Who'da thunk there could be such a thing as a flathead enthusiast who has never seen a crab distributor.

GB SISSON · 11-14-2022, 11:24 AM

Hey, easy on this guy.... He's got one of those modern spark o matic jobs. It's not too late for him to improve his system by installing a 'crab on a stick' into that post hole. Seems I read about some conversion where this was done.

ford38v8 · 11-14-2022, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by GB SISSON

Hey, easy on this guy.... He's got one of those modern spark o matic jobs. It's not too late for him to improve his system by installing a 'crab on a stick' into that post hole. Seems I read about some conversion where this was done.

Now THAT would be interesting!

tubman · 11-14-2022, 11:53 AM

Mallory made a "crab" cap that fit their standard distributors for marine use. I looked for one for years and finally found one.

Tim Ayers · 11-14-2022, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tubman

Mallory made a "crab" cap that fit their standard distributors for marine use. I looked for one for years and finally found one.

I found one of these crab capped marine Mallory dizzys at Hershey this year. I just assumed the cap was the same as a flathead cap. Is that not the case?

BUBBAS IGNITION · 11-14-2022, 02:26 PM

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Mallory flatcap marine is a different housing !!!!!

Tim Ayers · 11-14-2022, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by BUBBAS IGNITION

Mallory flatcap marine is a different housing !!!!!

Sure, I just assumed that it would have been designed to use the flathead cap they made.

I've found a few caps available at Marine supply houses. I don't plan to keep mine.

cas3 · 11-14-2022, 03:06 PM

Good to hear from you Bubba ! Hope you are doing OK.

GB SISSON · 11-14-2022, 04:46 PM

Are we talking about putting a crab cap on a load o matic distributor? What I recall was seeing an adapter to add a long post onto a ford '42-'48 front mounted type distributor so a normal human could see it and work on it. OK, so an 'old' human could see it and work on it. .....

rotorwrench · 11-14-2022, 08:05 PM

Mallory likely made most of the distributor caps as well as a lot of other ignition components for Ford since the front mounted distributors were mostly Mallory designs approved by Ford. Henry liked Marion Mallory. It may have been the Irish background.

After Hank the Deuce took over, the new 1948/49 8BA designs changed over to the Holly Load-O-Matic systems.

11-14-2022, 11:24 AM	#42
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11-14-2022, 03:06 PM	#48
cas3 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: sw minnesota Posts: 4,577	Re: Bushing dropped out of crab distributor? Good to hear from you Bubba ! Hope you are doing OK.

11-14-2022, 04:46 PM	#49
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 4,942	Re: Bushing dropped out of crab distributor? Are we talking about putting a crab cap on a load o matic distributor? What I recall was seeing an adapter to add a long post onto a ford '42-'48 front mounted type distributor so a normal human could see it and work on it. OK, so an 'old' human could see it and work on it. ..... __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

11-14-2022, 08:05 PM	#50
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,440	Re: Bushing dropped out of crab distributor? Mallory likely made most of the distributor caps as well as a lot of other ignition components for Ford since the front mounted distributors were mostly Mallory designs approved by Ford. Henry liked Marion Mallory. It may have been the Irish background. After Hank the Deuce took over, the new 1948/49 8BA designs changed over to the Holly Load-O-Matic systems.