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Old 05-09-2019, 10:17 AM   #1
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Default Holley Rotovance Distributor

Holley made this for 50's OHV Ford V8's.


It was to replace the Loadamtic.


My '62 292 had a regular distributor so I missed the fun of fooling with that


distributor.


This is another tidbit from my handy 1959 How To Hop Up Your Engine



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Old 05-09-2019, 08:23 PM   #2
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Default Re: Holley Rotovance Distributor

Why do all your posts seem to indicate there is a picture when there isn't.
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Old 05-10-2019, 12:12 AM   #3
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'Why do all your posts seem to indicate there is a picture when there isn't.'


Think I see how you got that idea.


'Holley made this'


I am referring to the title NOT a picture.


That model distributor may have gotten thrown away over the years.


It had a system of running vacuum through the distributor shaft.


Rotating seals kept vacuum in.Those might have gone bad a lot.


It was made pretty quick to replace Loadamatic distributor on '54-57 OHV


Ford V8's(Y-Blocks).


The other book 'Ignition Systems' has a ton of info in it about dual point



distributors and magnetos.Early competitors to Vertex that fell by the



wayside over the years.Interesting.
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Old 05-20-2019, 01:18 PM   #4
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Default Re: Holley Rotovance Distributor

The flatheads also used Loadamatic except in a single diaphragm form with no centrifugal weights. My 56 Continental has the dual diaphragm version and in 57 they used a Carter carburetor and the combination centrifugal advance and single diaphragm that was used until distributors were eliminated. Holley Rotovance? Never heard of or seen one, I just make do with what I got.
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If the day ever comes that you need a carburetor for your '56 Mark II, I have a nice restored one in the Late V8 swap meet section of the Ford Barn. Fully guaranteed and original.


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