[T3] Crate Distributor

[Soren Jacobsen]

On Jul 10, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Keith Park wrote:

> Got the Crate up to 75 on the highway today, I don't think its been to 75
> since. ever!  Afterall, it's the Eggcrate, not the Scrambled Eggcrate.
> Anywho after a couple minutes I got off and shut it down to grab my wings,
> when I came out it cranked VERY slowly and didn't want to start.  I finally
> got it lit and it drove home fine.  It IS charging, and when I tried to
> start it hot again at home it would detonate during the cranking, tried
> kicking back, and we very reluctant to start.  The detonation was what
> really bothered me.  Later after cooling down, it started fine.
> 
> This is a bone stock 1500S domed piston engine with 93 octane in it.
> 
> However, the distributor is a vacuum only unit,  0 231 147 006 or 311 905
> 205D
> I don't think that's the right distributor is it?
> 
> I sure don't want the wrong distributor on a domed piston engine!  What do I
> need for this?

That's the correct distributor for an early (first four-ish months) '65 1500S engine.  My October '64 Squareback has the same one.

Soren