I found this in my spare parts

[scbird1]

Some of you have probly never seen these but this was just about all you needed for a tune up other than plugs. This was I beleave for my 68 GTO

[J.D.]

It brings back sweet memories. I used to have that on my 1988 Fiat.

[AsScLoWn]

i will pay top dollar for that Flux Capacitor if you sell it on ebay

[scbird1]

you mean one like this>

[AsScLoWn]

thats the entire FRIGGEN UNIT, I just need the FC, I already made a stainless bodied vehicle out of old pots and kitchen utensils, since thats the key to time travel :rolleyes: IM NOT STUPID!!!

[ThunderDave]

I thought that was Mr. Fusion??? :confused: The flux capacitor was inside the car, wasn't it? ;)

[the-big-e]

In auto shop in high school, we use to take the condensers and "charge" them up using a lawn mower engine.....

Then toss it to somebody as they walked down the hallway......

Lots of laughs..... :D

Those were the good ol days........ :rolleyes:

[Mike Puckett]

That does bring back memories. My old Hi-po 289 Mustang had a dual point distributor. What a pain to adjust, block one set and adjust the other then block the 2nd and adjust the 1st one. I eventually went to a CDI and removed the 2nd point set. Why does the automotive industry still call them condensers? The electronics industry switched to capacitor 50 years ago.

[TbirdSCFan]

Some of you have probly never seen these but this was just about all you needed for a tune up other than plugs. This was I beleave for my 68 GTOLooks exactly like the set of points from my 67 Mustang. One of the first things I ever did on that car was to replace the points with an aftermarket solid state ignition; Of course, I kept the points just in case a purist ever wanted to mess with keeping the engine tuned up every 5000 miles. Boy, some of you don't know just how good things are these days when you can drive 60,000 miles without having to do a tune-up. :rolleyes:

[the-big-e]

That does bring back memories. My old Hi-po 289 Mustang had a dual point distributor. What a pain to adjust, block one set and adjust the other then block the 2nd and adjust the 1st one. I eventually went to a CDI and removed the 2nd point set. Why does the automotive industry still call them condensers? The electronics industry switched to capacitor 50 years ago.
I had a 289 in my 65 Galaxie 500 and I converted it over to a 289 Hi-performance.......

I installed a dual point distributor and never really could get it to work quite right........

I tried a pointless ingnition, but eventually went back to the single point distributor.....

[mannysc]

Some of you have probly never seen these but this was just about all you needed for a tune up other than plugs. This was I beleave for my 68 GTO
has to be ford or chyrsler terminal motors has a adjuster on them a screw :D

[the-big-e]

I believe that Manny is correct......

GM products had a screw type adjuster to set the dwell with while the engine was running.......

Everyone remembers how to set dwell, right....... :D

Ford used the set screws to adjust dwell......

Start engine, check dwell, stop engine, take off distributor cap, adjust dwell, start engine, check dwell, repeat as often as necessary.......

Good thing the distributor was on the front of the motor...... :D

[White Lightning]

I believe that Manny is correct......

GM products had a screw type adjuster to set the dwell with while the engine was running.......

Everyone remembers how to set dwell, right....... :D

Ford used the set screws to adjust dwell......

Start engine, check dwell, stop engine, take off distributor cap, adjust dwell, start engine, check dwell, repeat as often as necessary.......

Good thing the distributor was on the front of the motor...... :D
Did you really keep taking the cap off????? Hook up dwell meter, spin engine with screw driver across solenoid switch, read dwell, reset, recheck, no need to keep taking the cap off!!!! Well who give's a ***** anymore, we got rid of them, thank god, the only thing good about 'em was if the car quit, you got out adjusted them with a match book,( "remember matches,? remember when you could smoke a cig., without the Libs crying foul") and drive on!!! cheers and beers, Frank

[scbird1]

I believe that Manny is correct......

GM products had a screw type adjuster to set the dwell with while the engine was running.......

Everyone remembers how to set dwell, right....... :D

Ford used the set screws to adjust dwell......

Start engine, check dwell, stop engine, take off distributor cap, adjust dwell, start engine, check dwell, repeat as often as necessary.......

Good thing the distributor was on the front of the motor...... :D


We just used a feeler gauge. Set it, forget it for the next 12k miles. It might have been off a early car of mine as looking back 30 + years is hard to remeber but I was a Chevy, pontiac guy back then and hated to work on Fords. My how the tables have turned. Anyway here is the ajustable set but it looks like part of it went to something I was working on. Sometimes you need to make your own parts ;)

[mannysc]

ahh the good ole days match books beer , cigs guns , sex , streetracing, points , dwell, deg cams centerline, lobe seperation lob ramps ,

duel points , holleys, thermoquads, quadrajets, avs afb,s, preditors, mallory,
headman,hooker,shniedercams, isky, general kenetics, crane, battleship springs. lakewood ladderbars, m50 15s, n 50 15s , crager ss, fentons american wheels
,
volocity stacks, coolcans ,

van halen" not van haggar" nazareth, black sabath, boston, arrowsmith,
fog hat, steve miller,

no aids just herpies sex was easy , gas was 70 cents a gallon for 104 leaded
12-1/2 compression was available off the show room floor.

bright red ss hemi orange panther pink, go mango,

SS, hurst, 6pak, tri power, dual quads, fourspeeds, posi detroit lockers, sure grip,

pistol grips, vertigate, 12 bolts danas, 9 inches, 83/4s,

not heater plexi windows ,

ahh the good ole days.

wish they were here again.

mini skirts short shorts , free love, and red hair, home grown , long hair,

beer bud was a cheap beer, sort of generic,

hot pants, dittos, remember feel the fit,
farrah was hot daisy duke was hot. :D

[Birdman93]

Condensers or capacitors can be used to lower power factor. Both devices provide a source of leading reactive current. Capacitors are generally used where the reactive loads are fairly constant. Condensers are used when quick response to reactive demands and the capability of addressing quality issues - such as voltage regulation and flicker.

[scbird1]

Condensers or capacitors can be used to lower power factor. Both devices provide a source of leading reactive current. Capacitors are generally used where the reactive loads are fairly constant. Condensers are used when quick response to reactive demands and the capability of addressing quality issues - such as voltage regulation and flicker.

What did he say? Son we just installed em. All we cared about was going fast and did not care about how we got there. We were to busy picking flowers :eek:

[mannysc]

What did he say? Son we just installed em. All we cared about was going fast and did not care about how we got there. We were to busy picking flowers :eek:
manny sends a high five to scbird1

[Rich95XR7]

Thanks for making me feel old........ My old Mustang had to have the points adjusted about once a week, or it would start to run like crap.

[ThunderDave]

manny sends a high five to scbird1

I second that sentiment. Manny, you forgot "his and hers shifters". :D ;)

[ThunderDave]

manny sends a high five to scbird1

I second that sentiment. Manny, you forgot "his and hers shifters", traction bars, ladder bars, tunnel ram,..........:D ;)

[White Lightning]

I second that sentiment. Manny, you forgot "his and hers shifters", traction bars, ladder bars, tunnel ram,..........:D ;)
AND, we more or less assembled our own cars, out of parts, sh..... who had money back then to buy a new car???? Remember adjusting valves on Sat. nite for the drags on Sunday? Loading up the beer and going to the races, hell those were the days, no bull.... like now, or is it that we just didn't give a damn, we were young and raisin' hell!! YEAHAAA, here's to good times. an' they ain't over 'til I pull the dirt o'er me. cheers and beers, White Lightning.

[scbird1]

I didnt mean to offend you birdman. Us old guys walked the earth looking for woman, beer and a place to race our cars, oh and parts. You young guys have all the answers to all the tec. questions. We spent nights just bolting on parts form the junk yard or the ones that fell off some elses car. I got many of mufflers this way. Every paycheck went to something needed. All we did was buy a cam, carb, intake and many rear ends and tranies. The really fast guys new the secrets of valve springs,jetting and ignition systems. My old goat had raw gas puring out the pipes because it ran so rich from the 2 holly 650 double pumpers. More was better or so we thouht. It ran alot better with a single 750 bet did not look near as cool. Here was one of the first tools I bought and everyone on my block wanted to barrow it. It was a JC penny man. you would have thought I had a sun machine :D

[White Lightning]

I should have know I wasn't the only old fart around here, it's been fun re-hashing old times with y'all "ahem" seniors!!!! hehehehe!!!! L8tr, Frank.

[scbird1]

Yeah Frank the old days are gone but you know we can bring them the hell back up if we try hard and we had enough to drink. We should all post some old pictures of our old rides. I think I have a picture of every $100.00 beater I ever owned. Some were cool while others should have been abandoned or crushed. I think the main reason I like the SC is the take off because form 60-120 your not going to get in much trouble here ;)

[TBirdDriver]

I remember setting the dwell with the engine running. There was a small metal "door" on the side of the distributor cap that slid up so that you could insert a small screwdriver and set the dwell while the engine was running. (1970 firebird, or was that my 64-1/2 Mustang?)

[mannysc]

70 gm it took a allen wrench :D ah yes i remember ajust dwell strech one spring and remove the other for faster advance, or recurve springs.

adjustable vac stick small screwdriver into vac port and adjust, remember ,
unilite distributors ?

am fm radios with 8 track player or farther back good ole munzt 4 track you pulled knob to change channels or putting metal tape on 8 tracks to change it back to the songs you wanted,

cigs gas and milk were 75 cents,

and the schnapster good ole schnapps many a girl was made a woman with the schnapps,

104 was at the pump cigs in machines everywhere, hamburger stands didnt have a 99 cent menu everthing was under 99 cents,

man I need a time machine saw one on napolian dynomite maybe Ill buy one.

[the-big-e]

Did you ever change out weights to advance timing faster?????

What about the SOB seat........The Slide Over Baby bench seat......

Use to clean that bench seat up just before my date and while crusing thru town, turn right and hit the gas and your baby would slide right up next to you........Damn.....Those were the good old days....... :D

[J57ltr]

That does bring back memories. My old Hi-po 289 Mustang had a dual point distributor. What a pain to adjust, block one set and adjust the other then block the 2nd and adjust the 1st one. I eventually went to a CDI and removed the 2nd point set. Why does the automotive industry still call them condensers? The electronics industry switched to capacitor 50 years ago.

For the same reason the marine industry calls them "motors" instead of engines.

[J57ltr]

In auto shop in high school, we use to take the condensers and "charge" them up using a lawn mower engine.....

Then toss it to somebody as they walked down the hallway......

Lots of laughs..... :D

Those were the good ol days........ :rolleyes:

We used out spark plug tester/cleaner to charge them up and hen leave them on a desk, or toss them to someone.

Jeff

[White Lightning]

R.O.T.F.L.M.A.O. Raced a new GTO, back in '67, should have seen the look on his face when a 60 Ford Starliner, "blew his doors in" never told him I slipped in a 427 incher, the side oiler w/dual quad out of a 63 XL, then I got beat by a 64 GTO w/ a 421 G.P. motor in it, ah, well, ya winses some and ya loses some, hell we was allllll cheatin' back then, that why I used to run Dover dragstrip up in Wingdale, N.Y. hehehehe, the good old days, tarbender more beeeeer!!!!! Frank.

[x182dan]

Random very random

[White Lightning]

We don't care about no stinking new cars in this string!!! were being nostalgic here! but, I don't think any of us would mind hearing about that 63 G.P. at the bottom of you address tag? what it all about Bro???? cheers and Jack Daniels, Frank

[scbird1]

Dont laugh now. I bought this at 16 and it needed some work. Not body wise as it came from Florida. I traded him a Yamaha DT 125 1974 and 200 bucks for it but it needed a rear end but it already had a radical cam and headers and holly carb. I found a body shop that had a offenhouser duel quad intake that would let both carb and air cleaners sit under the stock hood. Pic`s are old but this was my first car. My red 68 chevy mid-engine van the shaggon waggon right behind it. Notice it was running in the pic. In the winter time it would blow smoke rings. I would pull into gas stations and have them check the oil. one guy said{ little bit of a race car huh} :D

[x182dan]

I don't think any of us would mind hearing about that 63 G.P. at the bottom of you address tag? what it all about Bro???? cheers and Jack Daniels, Frank

1963 Grand Prix, 421 4 barrel, 3spd auto, im the 2nd owner, was in garage for 30yrs until I bought it. Mint interior, exterior is very good minor rust on the drivers side 1/4 panel, just needs exhaust, tune up, and other stuff from sitting for so long. Heres a few pics let me know what you think of it


Edit: sorry whitelightning I just realized this thread was 3pages long :cool:

[White Lightning]

1963 Grand Prix, 421 4 barrel, 3spd auto, im the 2nd owner, was in garage for 30yrs until I bought it. Mint interior, exterior is very good minor rust on the drivers side 1/4 panel, just needs exhaust, tune up, and other stuff from sitting for so long. Heres a few pics let me know what you think of it


Edit sorry whitelightning I just realized this thread was 3pages long :cool:
send the pics to my email, BSA-FRANK@ONEBOX.COM if you can, I been looking at a 64 G.P. for 2500, 4sp, 389. If I had any smarts I'd buy it, its from down south and has lots of piccies, so nothing is hidden, all I need is 2500 usd. I alway liked those year G.P. even tho. I'm not a G.M. kinda guy! cheers and beers, Frank. Hell, I only up in Torrington, we outa meet up so I can have a good look. Maybe I'll trade ya "BLACK BEAUTY" for it.