RE: Advance/retard

[Tomislav Marincic <TomAndKate@compuserve.com>]

        Jim, 

        RE:"I am willing to accept that many of you know more about this
than I do, but
on the 69 the retard connects to the manifold.  The later ones go to the
carb, but not the 69."

        That's because the '69 and early '70's are the only ones (except
the TR250)
         that have a vacuum on/off switch under the front
        carb that is opened when the throttle linkage is in the idle
position. Later TR6's 
        used tuned vacuum ports to achieve the same effect.

        Best Regards,

        Tom Marincic