Re: Mallory distributor ID

Posted by Anthony Pallett On 2014/2/8 14:05:19

No you cant get anything like this new. The distributor I found is quite old I would venture a guess that it it was not produced outside of the 50's. As a side not Mallory doesn't seem to have and parts for them as in points, rotors, caps and so on. The one I have if it in fact can fit an L8 Packard seems to be very new on the inside so i would be able to run it till something wears out then it would be a hunt for parts, It does look cool though :D.

Steve, what makes you think your bearings ect are worn? If you are not getting weird noises or erratic timing you are probably fine. Packard L8's have their HP and torque peaks at around 2000 RPM so having excessive wear on the distributor would in my opinion be unlikely though very possible.