Tracing the Evolutionary Path of Distributor Caps A Historical Narrative

I am new to the site and this is my first post. I purchased a 1980 B which had been the subject of an armature restoration. The car was running ok when I ... A few years ago, someone asked about a standard size distributor cap with the male terminals to fit onto a 289/302 distributor. It was suggested ... While torquey and fuel-efficient diesels have been popular in Europe, the spark-ignition engine has ruled elsewhere. First used by Étienne ... Early cars used ignition magneto and trembler coil systems, which were superseded by Distributor-based systems (first used in 1912). Electronic ignition ... ... first generation of Motronics that came in in the early 1980s. You can tell by those weird-looking oval distributor caps that are on the ... Was there a "standard" material for the black distributor caps on US cars of the 1960s? I think I remember Echlin/Accel saying their tan colored ... The cap in question is from a Lucas 35DLM8 distributor which appeared on the SD1 from 1985 onwards. On Range Rovers they appeared in 1987 till ... They shouldn't be allowed to sell them! Same for the 'performance' yellow Accel wire set. Every wire broke the first time the plugs were checked which was when ... The cost of the cap is nearly $330 and the wire set is $150. Add in the three-plus hours of labor and it is easy to see how this can total $800. I used Bosch Caps and rotor arms... everything seemed fine until after a long run i started to get a slight misfire at idle and under high load.. ie accelerating ...