[Robert C.]

I have a Mallory Double life Distributor P/N YC312HP With a cable tack drive.

What is this and when was it used? It has duel points.

Anyone know any information on this, please post it.

I just had a man drop off two pallets of old parts:

350 block GTO

2 new in the box's steel cranks with bearing kits
2 cast factory cranks.

2 sets of heads

Aluminum intake with no cross over.

and a ton of old Ponitac parts

[60man]

"I just had a man drop off two pallets of old parts:"

Damn Robert!! Did he just give them away ??
If so.....good score.
Is the distributor for a Pontiac ??

[rad400]

Nice Score Rob, wish i had someone give me old parts

[Robert C.]

Well, they were not free.

The heads are #12 complete assembled matching set.

Yes the dist. is Pontiac, cable tack drive I never heard of one.

I will check the cranks in the Am for the numbers and let you all know. I do not plan to keep any of it and will offer it in the for sale parts section. I just want to know what I have.

I have 6 cams if anyone want to know what they are. Buckets of push rods and roller lifters, a few sets of ribbed valve covers. a few new oil pumps. And these funny looking things that sit over the rocker shafts the shield the oil from splahing all over. There is a foot locker that I not even opened yet that had to be lifted out with a fork truck, who knows what is in there.

I would like to get this stuff to someone that is restoring a Pontiac motor and needs this hard to find stuff.

[Brian Baker]

Distributors with mechanical tach drives were not uncommon in the 60's and even into the 70's. When electronic tach's got better (ie - no lag time like with today's Auto-Meter's) the direct drive tach's became obsolete. I'd EBAY that distributor if I were you...some nostalgia Pontiac collector will want it.

[thepontiacman]

Let us know what all you have when you get it checked out.


thepontiacman@yahoo.com

[HaloMedic]

Yeah Man lets see a complete list

[FBNRacing]

Bob, if that dist. is like the old mallery I have here you will see one set of points works half the motor and the other the other half. This was a good idea back then cause you dropped the point speed in half (no bounce) but it was suggested to set them up on a distributor machine to make sure the timming would be the same on both halves.

[mikeb]

I have one of those old mechanical tach drive mallorys. I converted it to unilite. Works great.

[Old Man Taylor]

"Old parts" should be managed by an "Old Man"!

[Jack Ferris]

I have an old Accel dual point distrubutor with a tach drive for a Pontiac. I doubt I could even get a cap for it.....

[INJUNTOM]

Originally Posted by Jack Ferris

I have an old Accel dual point distrubutor with a tach drive for a Pontiac. I doubt I could even get a cap for it.....

Didn't Accel use Mopar caps?

[Bud Lyons]

By Bob C:

There is a foot locker that I not even opened yet that had to be lifted out with a fork truck, who knows what is in there

Jimmy Hoffa??

[Region Warrior]

Originally Posted by Bud Lyons

By Bob C:Jimmy Hoffa??

Rocket launcher?

[Jack Ferris]

Originally Posted by INJUNTOM

Didn't Accel use Mopar caps?

Quite possible but I don't know for sure.

[Ollie]

Originally Posted by Jack Ferris

I have an old Accel dual point distrubutor with a tach drive for a Pontiac. I doubt I could even get a cap for it.....

I have one of those too. It has provision for the cable drive but there is no drive gear in there.

[potentpontiac]

Bob. If you find any early high strength tempest chains give me a ring.LOL!!! Chances of finding these are as rare as Hens teeth. If you come accross any of the iron cam sprockets let me know.

Mike V.

[Robert C.]

Here is a picture of the intake.

[60man]

Originally Posted by Robert C.

Here is a picture of the intake.

What's the casting number Bob...??
It doesn't appear to have heat passages....

[Robert C.]

Originally Posted by Robert C.

Here is a picture of the intake.

I have the part number 54428 some say it is a 63 421 nascar intake????? I would like to know myself too.