[njsteve]

Originally Posted by PureSD

Just confirmed mine....1108436 1B11
145XXX vin (early August ship)

Cool!

New tally is:

Scott's 10,000 mile White/red auto T/A: VIN 137XXX (mid June ship date)
FrankG's 42,000 mile green/white auto T/A: VIN 139XXX (late June ship date)
Flamed 10,000 miles red/white 4-speed T/A: VIN 141XXX (early July ship date)
My 19,000 mile white/tan auto Formula: VIN 142XXX (mid July ship date)
Brother's 1,700 mile red/white auto T/A: VIN 144XXX (late July ship date)
PureSD's 31,000 mile Red/auto T/A: VIN 145XXX (early August ship date)

[njsteve]

OK, after discovering the interesting 1108436 1B11 starter date code anomaly, I figured we can move on to the next subject:

What is the text molded on the top of your original, assembly line, distributor cap?

Is it "PATENT PENDING R Delco Remy"

or "Patent 2769047 R Delco Remy"

or something else?

[johnta1]

I made a web page on starter numbers.

Steve allowed me to use his starter pic.

I have used it to show how to read the starter.
Plus added his SD findings at the bottom of the table.

Pontiac Starter Number List

Still a work in progress.

[njsteve]

Wow, I'm famous now...I'm a regular Kardashian on PY! ;-)

[Held for Ransom]

Careful Steve or I'll have to put you on an ignore list.

[johnta1]

Especially if he gets but injections.

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by Held for Ransom

Careful Steve or I'll have to put you on an ignore list.

Too late. My wife already did that. ;-)

[Held for Ransom]

...I'm sorry, what was that???

[njsteve]

My poor attempt at humor.

Back to the subject at hand: can we get some examples of what script is on original distributor caps?

[Held for Ransom]

My '70 TA engine had the patent pending from what I remember.
On the '73 motor I have, has the patent 2769047, but I'm almost positive it's been replaced.
All my '74 caps have been replaced.

[johnta1]

Try this link:

Distributor Caps

[njsteve]

I am trying to determine (similar to what we found on the starters) just what came from the assembly line on the 73 SD455s. So far I have one survivor car with a "PATENT PENDING R" cap.


The bonehead second owner gave my car an unneeded tune up when he bought it from Enrico in 1984 for his museum. He threw out the original cap. Ugh! I have an NOS "Patent 2769047 R" cap on it now.

There is also a difference with the tin sliding door on asembly line versus NOS caps.

[Formulabruce]

Originally Posted by johnta1

Especially if he gets but injections.

I was starting to smile on this thread, but this got me laughing!

[frank.g]

Originally Posted by njsteve

OK, after discovering the interesting 1108436 1B11 starter date code anomaly, I figured we can move on to the next subject:

What is the text molded on the top of your original, assembly line, distributor cap?

Is it "PATENT PENDING R Delco Remy"

or "Patent 2769047 R Delco Remy"

or something else?

I already showed you my original cap - it's the "Patent Pending R" version

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by frank.g

I already showed you my original cap - it's the "Patent Pending R" version

Yes, your car is only one that I have an official response from so far. :-)

So the current score is:

Frank and his PATENT PENDING cap: 1
Everybody else's original cap: 0

[Formulabruce]

Another 'Duty up for sale.. https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds...ml?refer=alert

[Norwood]

Just missing the Duty

[njsteve]

Today's 1108436 1B11 dated, 1973 SD455 starter update after Aluminum Chief added his car:

New tally is:

Scott's 10,000 mile White/red auto T/A: VIN 137XXX (mid June ship date)
FrankG's 42,000 mile green/white auto T/A: VIN 139XXX (late June ship date)
Flamed 10,000 miles red/white 4-speed T/A: VIN 141XXX (early July ship date)
My 19,000 mile white/tan auto Formula: VIN 142XXX (mid July ship date)
Alum Chief's 35,000 mile auto T/A: VIN 143xxx (mid July ship date)
Brother's 1,700 mile red/white auto T/A: VIN 144XXX (late July ship date)
PureSD's 31,000 mile Red/auto T/A: VIN 145XXX (early August ship date)

[johnta1]

Now you need to find a 140xxx VIN car to make the VIN span nice and maybe some real early cars.
(SD's from roughly 130xxx to about 145xxx)

[njsteve]

It's getting kind of addictive now - like playing Bingo!