Originally Posted by Hotrod Lincoln
Do yourself a favor and leave the Pertronix in the box, or carry a spare distributor with points to swap in when the thing takes a dump in the middle of nowhere!
Jerry
Right on Jerry!
About 25 years ago (Pertronix was new) I took the family down to the ocean (200 miles) to a big car show in my 62 Impala. It was fitted with a "Hall" effect type pickup. Kids were all little then. We get almost there and the engine dies. No spark! As luck would have it, there was a old type general store within walking distance, we were out in the sticks. I was thinking I was screwed, it was getting dark too. I walked into this place and it looked like the floor hadn't been mopped in a decade. I asked this 90 year old guy and said "I don't suppose you have a set of points and condenser for a small block chevy do ya"? He said he had everything, I thought yeah right. He said go down that aisle and look up on one of those pegs. I did and found a box of points and condenser hanging there. It had been there since Christ was a child. Lucky, I always carried tools and some bits of wire and MacGyver'd it back together. Moral of the story, if you are going to run a Pertronix, keep a spare set of points and a condenser in the glove box. Pertronix is a good company though, they sent me a new ignition.
Steve

Last edited by Rusty Rod; 11/19/2017 2:27 AM.
1953 Chevrolet 3100
261 cu inch, sm420, 3.55 rear, torque tube still,omaha orange, still 6 volt, RPO green glass, side carrier spare, all done
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1964 GMC 1000
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