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Re: 1111499 Distributor Question??
Nice distributor Al. My opinion is it's original. Known date as well.
Chris |
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Chris,
Thanks for the response. Al |
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One way is to measure/mic the outside diameter of the distributor. I have the measurements from unmolested distributors on a different thread somewhere.
Kurt |
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JMO, I too think it is a good stamp, someone may have got a little carried away with the detail work, maybe in a lathe ?
Mike |
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How did they get the number/letter stamps so clean? Thats what makes it look like a restamp. It has the exact same characteristics of a 499 I have with the same date.
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The corners on the 4 look funny like they are deeper then the rest of the four like somebody added them after the fact. They also look to deep especially since it looks like someone torned the distributor on a lathe.
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Like Kurt said - I'd mic that one.
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x3 Mic it. There is no reason the outside should have been turned down even if it was to "clean it up" How did the depths of the numbers get so clean as well?
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Whatever was used to clean or polish it seems to have made marks on the bottom of the cap all around the circumference. The distributor itself Looks real to me,is a known date,and is priced reasonable. I dont think anyone would "turn" the area above the hold down clamp to match the rest of it, as that area looks like the stamped area. lastly the 90 degree ends of the stamp surface dont reflect any significant removal of material IMO
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These are about as close and still be clear as I can get of the stampings.
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Re: 1111499 Distributor Question??
OK, hopefully this will put this discussion to bed once and for all. For good or for bad. I just went to my friends shop and he measured my 1111499 distributor body with his micrometer and it is, as he says, "exactly 3.806."
Now if someone out there who has a known original 1111499 distributor and not a re-stamp, will please measure theirs, we will know for sure if my distributer has been turned to remove the old numbers and then re-stamped. I am anxiously awaiting a response. Thanks, Al in Maine |
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Measured one of mine and come up about the same.
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I am afraid we will never be sure.
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Jerry MacNeish looked at the distributor and stated it was real and not a re-stamp. I guess that is as good as it will be.
Al in Maine |
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Example of how one can almost look too clean. It has been cleaned very well, but the 4 and the 9's are dead on. Have never seen a restamp that got those exactly correct.
Al, when you go to list it again, I would suggest trying pics without flash. The flash makes it look even more shiny than it is. Natural light will work much better. |
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Already listed. I wish it was a Dec date.
Good luck! http://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-OEM-L78-Ori...0db&vxp=mtr |
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