[charles bledsoe]

Thanks Steve for taking the time to photograph and post your progress!! Looks good!

[njsteve]

Here is the 1112203 (1973) distributor all back together with the new wires and octopus installed.

I checked the resistance of all the plug wires with an ohm meter and they are the same as when they were single wires with the old boot style terminals, so nothing was affected by the transplant.






Here's a question for any unitized experts out there:

Both of my coils have this strange "hammertone" black finish on them. Is this how it should look? Or should it be gloss black like the NOS coil packs I have seen.

[njsteve]

I got a Valentines Day gift from one of the Yenko.net members up in Ontario who was able to get the Ontario ownership search done through the DMV up there.

You have to have a Canadian driver's license to purchase the search. It costs $20. Also note how it shows the word "VOID" all over the document when you scan or copy it. The actual document has an intricate green watermark that covers the entire page.

Neat stuff! It shows the attorney William Nursey being the listed owner as of January 4, 1973. So it looks like he put it in his own name after only one year and not after the three year lease expired, as I had thought before. Maybe a perk of his position as a partner in the law practice?

I also shows the second owner James Robinson, having purchased it from WIlliam Nursey on July 4, 1985. As the prior research indicates, Robinson put on the NOS quarters and painted the car and then sold it to the late owner in British Columbia in the summer of 1986. That man's widow then sold it to Grant in 2011, who sold it to me in 2012.

I have tried to locate both gentlemen but have come to a dead end. William Nursey is listed as a General Counsel for London Life Insurance Co. in London Ontario, although the date of that info is several years old. I called their General Counsel's Office and they did not have him listed as an employee. He may have passed on several years ago.

James Robinson's Ontario phone numbers are disconnected from the old Hemmings ad listed previously in this thread as well as numbers from my old paperwork.

[njsteve]

I've been talking with the guys at ECS Automotive and they gave me some good news yesterday about reproducing the correct air filter decal for the Ram Air air cleaner:

"Hello, Steve
We will be making the RQ decal. They will be offered at regular price. It could take up to a few months until they are ready. I have you on a list to call once they are ready to sell.

Thanks, Charlie
ECS Automotive Concepts"


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