<div style="color:black;font: 12pt Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;">Since Pertronix don't have points I guess the answer is: "the car would not have been disabled due to the points failing". <br>
Gary<br>
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Distributor guy<br>
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<div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;">Also, years ago whilst traveling the New York State Thruway I came upon a disabled Austin Healey whilst driving my own to a fraternity </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;">brother's wedding. This was before cell phones. Disabled vehicles were at the mercy of tow trucks and </span></strong><strong style="font-size:16px;">exorbitant fees. It was </strong><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>determined</strong></span><strong style="font-size:16px;"> there was no spark. With no tools but just a nail clipper with a nail file, we filed the </strong><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>points,</strong></span><strong style="font-size:16px;"> and were both on our </strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial Black', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>way! Try</strong></span><span style="font-family:'Arial Black', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong> that with a Pertronix unit!</strong></span></span></span></div>
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<h1><strong style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial Black', sans-serif;">To add more fuel to the fire, while driving on the freeway in Las Vegas years ago I had the rotor on my BN6 split in two. A highway patrolman stopped and repaired it with super glue and a rubber band. I limped home 15 miles – put on another rotor and kept a spare for safety and the repaired one in the parcel shelve for memories. Try that with a Pertronix unit</span></strong></h1>
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<div class="yiv3368558838MsoNormal"><strong>From:</strong> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Jim Ryan<br clear="none"><strong>Sent:</strong> Monday, August 29, 2022 10:12 AM<br clear="none"><strong>To:</strong> patrick williams <2x2doc@gmail.com><br clear="none"><strong>Cc:</strong> List Healey <healeys@autox.team.net><br clear="none"><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [Healeys] Distributor guy</div>
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<div class="yiv3368558838MsoNormal">Just wondering, the debate between this unit and the original points has always been that you can replace the points in the event of a failure on the side of the road. How difficult is it to replace this unit in the same manner if you carried a spare, and what would the cost be for that spare? I'm referring to a1958 Bugeye here.</div>
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<div class="yiv3368558838MsoNormal">On Mon, Aug 29, 2022, 8:21 AM patrick williams <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:2x2doc@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:2x2doc@gmail.com">2x2doc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="yiv3368558838MsoNormal">It's been close to 20 years ago, but Jeff rebuilt my distributor, including the vacuum advance diaphram, and put in a pertronix unit. I'm very happy with the results.</div>
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