Prestolite distributors

[Richard Cranium]

Anyone know who restores them?

 

[vitamin c]

Dick,
Advanced distributors, Shakopee MN. (612)804-5543 will do them and it will look like new when done. $250.00ish, I've recently had him do 3 340 prestolites, he cannot open up or repair the original vacuum advance, but will retrofit a modern unit if you desire, or are not concerned with the original look.
Terrill Machine, Deleon TX. (254)893-2610 will rebuild/restore your original vacuum advance to look like new. $75.00

 

[Richard Cranium]

Thank you!!!!

 

[Goldencommando]

http://crossramconnection.com/distrest.html

 

[1969daytona]

http://crossramconnection.com/distrest.html

I may get Brad/Norm to restore/upgrade one of my Prestolites to have Chrysler electronic guts. Hence, have the look of OEM but the dependability of electronic.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I just sent the distributor to Crossram Connection. I'll post some pictures when it comes back.

 

[1969daytona]

I just sent the distributor to Crossram Connection. I'll post some pictures when it comes back.

Look forward,

 

[SureGrip]

There was a recent article in Mopar Action that tells you how to restore them.

 

[Meep-Meep]

Yeah, I do.

I did this OEM electronic conversion for my 66 HEMI Charger. It fires an MSD box hidden under the right fender.



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Charger MSD box under RT fender. I had an electronic controller enclosure that happened to work out well as a splash shield.

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This is a 340 distributor I did for a MoPar restoration shop in OR. This was probably the biggest POS dizzy I have seen and required a lot of work to make right. In order to make this unit like new I had to not only replace the bushings in the housing but make a new shaft with an oversized pilot for the cam. It is very common for a distributor to have a lot of wear in this area. Pic of shaft by itself shows the original advance weight plate brazed to the new shaft - and phased correctly I might add. The Pertronix unit was supplied by customer and needed a little finesse to align properly. Due to the original style vacuum advance units being non existent, I had to modify the breaker plate to accept the more common late model vac advance. This was not a concourse restoration but a driver for the car owner's daughter, so they weren't picky about what vacuum advance they got.

 

[BahamaA12RR]

Wow, really nice work!

 

[tallhair]

Very nice and thanks for the ref pics Meep!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Norm received the distributor on Tuesday & he called me on Friday to tell me that it was finished. That's the quickest turn around I've ever experienced.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Just got the finished product back from Crossram Connection. I'm pleased.

 

[Goldencommando]

Thanks for the follow up pictures with your experience its always nice to see the final results. Norm is one of the good guys, I would recommend his products to anyone.