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I recently picked up a condenser for a 38 six cyl. From Carquest, part number 50-1500. When I try to mount it in the distributor to seats against the lobes tight. I believe I must have been given the incorrect distributor. I also ordered points from Napa and only received one side of the points. Any iidea of the correct Carquest part number for the condenser? Thank you.

The original Delco distributor no. for a 1938 1600, is 1110203. The Delco point set no. is 1871678(Or Echlin no. cs 77). The condenser no. is 1869704(Or Echlin no.RR 134).
Napa, carries the Echlin line of electrical products.

Thanks for your reply, this particular engine has a Autolite ignition system, I guess perhaps the Delco points would work ? Not sure.

Delco points are different and will not work in an Auto-Lite distributor.

What is your distributor no. ? To determine the year of the distributor. The Autolite distributors have a screw in point with a lock nut on the ground side and the movable arm is like any standard point. 1938 1600(6 CYL.) only used Delco distributors,unlike 1937 115C (6 cyl.).

If you can't source the exact OEM replacement condenser, the NAPA/Echlin AL-869 is a universal condenser which proves satisfactory in 99.9% of all applications, whether 6 or 12-volt, 4, 6, 8, 12 or 16 cylinders, and regardless of polarity.