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Re: 289 HiPo Dual Point Stuff

Discussion in 'Shelby Mustang List' started by Robert Gaines, Jan 25, 2005.

  1. Transition cars were early 67 models. A lot of electrical stuff changed
    over from FOMOCO to Autolite in late 66 and into the 67 model year.
    Early 67 Shelby's used the FOMOCO points condensor rotor and later
    production (after aprox Feb) used Autolite .BG
    On Monday, January 24, 2005, at 11:35 PM, Tom Kubler wrote:

    > FoMoCo distributors were used on the 65-7 cars, C5OF-E for 65-6 and
    > C7ZF-J for 67.  FoMoCo points were used in the C5 dizzy, and in '67,
    > Autolite points were used.  Transition cars may have a mix of parts. 
    >  
    > Tom Kubler (quoting from Tony Gregory's book)
    >
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: DMGT350@aol.com
    > Sent: Jan 24, 2005 9:55 PM
    > To: shelbymustang@carmemories.com
    > Subject: 289 HiPo Dual Point Stuff
    >
    > Does anyone know when the 289 HiPo dual point distributors went from
    > being factory equipped with FoMoCo script points and condensers to
    > Autolite?  Does it more-or-less follow the distributor casting change
    > from FoMoCo to Autolite (66-67)?
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Dave McDonald
    > 6S1757
     

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