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From: cdenzler@sierra.com (Christian R. Denzler)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 11:50:20 -0700
>  Re: Christian Denzler's GT6+ -- for what it's worth to anyone
>  living with Delco distributors in their Spitfires and GT6s,
>  years ago I was in similar desperate need of a rotor for the
>  GT6+. Fortunately I was only stranded in my driveway...next to
>  my 1951 Chevy....Yeah, same rotor! Cap is similar, too, although
>  I never needed to see if it worked. Being a real Delco Remy
>  part, it worked great.
>
>  Back in the mid- to late-1970s, Bosch used to make or repackage
>  somebody's ignition parts for Delco distributors. At the time,
>  it was the best, by far, stuff I could find at any price. Parts
>  were well finished, they fit perfectly and were quite durable.
>  Additionally, the point sets were units (not like some of the
>  junk out there that snaps together, sort of, resulting in
>  contact points that don't begin to align with each other) and
>  they were real ventilated points, to me a must if you plan on
>  putting more than a few hundred miles on a set of points. Blue

Does anyone know where to get GOOD quality tuneup parts?  The points
that I've seen are "the junk that snaps together, sort of", so I had
to reinstall my old points and I don't know what to do when those
finally give up the ghost.

                            - Chris


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