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Here is a hard one to figure
dearbornshow1968:
I took this distributor out of a 69 428 4 speed Torino 15 or so years ago. I think it is an over the counter replacement. look at the pictures, The head of the distributor has #121217 and say motorcraft NO OTHER PART NUMBERS there is a part number on the shaft It is not the typical 121217 It is a 12131A and ALMC The vacuum advance say Autolite.. no other markings
Can anyone ID this for me I can't find it in the Ford books
jwc66k:
It looks like the housing was tumbled which is a typical rebuilder technique. Unfortunately the tumbling removes critical details like the stamping around the "12127" that is the actual original part number. The housing itself is D0ZF-12131-A.
Destiny: a standby distributor; a fishing weight; show and tell.
Jim
dearbornshow1968:
Not to sure that happened. Everything is pretty crisp looking. Other stampings and features would have been compromised if the stamped part numbers got erased thru tumbiling . Not a fishing weight yet Anyone else got an idea
Bob Gaines:
--- Quote from: dearbornshow1968 on July 31, 2017, 07:53:07 PM ---Not to sure that happened. Everything is pretty crisp looking. Other stampings and features would have been compromised if the stamped part numbers got erased thru tumbiling . Not a fishing weight yet Anyone else got an idea
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Regardless of if the stamps are vidable or not the fact that it is Motorcraft makes it beyond a shadow of a doubt as some kind of replacement when used on a 69 production car. It is a post 1971 production distributor. Because of that it does not have much disirability beyond Jims scenarios.
krelboyne:
+2 above. Needs to be an Autolite casting with a specific Ford number, to be valuable. Just a generic FE distributor with the Motorcraft logo.
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