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Offline sleepyhead416

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prestolite dist
« on: May 31, 2008 - 07:41:28 PM »
Can you still buy parts for duel point dist?   Dealer?   e-bay?  parts store?




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Re: prestolite dist
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2008 - 10:47:48 PM »
check with electrical rebuilders , points are available , not sure what else you need , I am sure you could find or make bushings

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Re: prestolite dist
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2008 - 11:19:25 PM »
I just bought both points, condensor, cap and rotor from car quest 3 weeks ago. They had it in stock for my dual point :2thumbs:

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Re: prestolite dist
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2008 - 12:51:18 AM »
If you want to keep the original look of the Prestolite distributor but would like to have electronic ignition, you can convert the Prestolite original distributor over to Electronic and keep it all looking original looking on the outside.

http://www.pertronix.com/prod/ig/ignitor/default.aspx
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Re: prestolite dist
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2008 - 12:57:59 AM »
not entirely original the pertronics has 2 wire instead of 1 & I have found a couple of intermittent Pertronics units

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