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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 03:44 PM
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It seems Ecklers and the rest have dropped the reproductiion tach. drive distributors. Besides the nice MSD 8572 unit, anyone know where a repro. or rebuild units can be found? (I have no cores left)....
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 04:00 PM
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I believe Mallory still makes a tach drive unit also. Check with Summit or Jeg's. And somebody was marketing a HEI tach drive unit that was pretty reasonable too, but I don't remember who it was. Maybe somebody on eBay?

Hope that helps!
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I want to keep the small cap look......so it can fit under stock ignition shielding. I would rather do the MSD before the Mallory. Thanks
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don't have stock in the company nor do I own one but it might be what you need

http://www.davessmallbodyheis.com/
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It's got to be tach. drive, and I am out of main bodies....just wondering if anyone knew where the vendor went..I have research to do.
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It's got to be tach. drive, and I am out of main bodies....just wondering if anyone knew where the vendor went..I have research to do.
That guy will rebuild your point distributor into a HEI so you can keep your tach drive.
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Research is done. The owner of the distributor manufacturing company had a car accident, which I hear, landed him in a nursing home. The business got sold a few times, is now in the hands of a major Vette parts retailer. No product available at this time.
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That guy will rebuild your point distributor into a HEI so you can keep your tach drive.
Like I said earlier, I am out of tach. drive bodies.
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I got one from Year One earlier this year.
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They have them at "mid america motorworks". Do a google search. Part # is 618-578.
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Originally Posted by big_G
I want to keep the small cap look......so it can fit under stock ignition shielding. I would rather do the MSD before the Mallory. Thanks
The Mallorys will fit under the shielding (at least for the early C3s...)
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They have them at "mid america motorworks". Do a google search. Part # is 618-578.
Not looking for a large cap dist. Won't fit under shielding.
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MAA-4264511

Maybe?
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