When Ignition Systems Embraced Innovation The Dawn of Distributor Caps

The first reliable battery operated ignition was developed by Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co. (Delco) and introduced in the 1910 Cadillac. This ignition ... 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 ... When the first Type 2 vehicles (Kombi etc.) came out (1954 I think), they used the 1200cc VW engine and needed reduction hubs so that the tiny engine could push ... ... cars -- all XK engined, earliest was '52 XK120 OTS -- top mounted, etc. - Larry Martz. Rob: I have a note that these other cars used the same horizontal lead ... It is well known that most cars had distributors by the time the Model T ford was invented and all but a hand full had electric lights a ... A bit of dampness, even just condensation, on the distributor cap may be enough. One of the reasons that modern cars use coil-on-plug setups ... Ford offered a transistorized ignition system on the Ford Thunderbird and 427 powered vehicles for the 1963 model year. This system was the most ... sigh Well, I was installing new spark plug wires and a new distributor cap and rotor on my 85 Olds Cutlass today. I did the wires first, ... Electronic ignition was first used on Chrysler production vehicles in 1972 with GM and Ford following in some large V-8 applications in 1974. The group, made up of auto enthusiasts who love to push the limits of what is possible with cars, wanted to see if it was possible to make a ...