F60L resto NSW Australia

[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by Jacques Reed

Hi David,

The divers helmet distributor still seems an anomaly on a later block. Again, who knows what gets swapped about after 75 years. Ditto the alloy manifold.

Cheers,

Just realized, I don't think a divers helmet distributor would fit a post war block.

Looking at a picture of the mounting holes on one, they would not line up with the front timing gear cover as shown in one of the previous photos. Unfortunately I haven't got one on hand to compare so am relying on photos only.

I believe it is possible to mount a later model crab distributor on an early model engine using an adaptor such as one sold by Mac's but not the other way around.

Perhaps another flathead Ford person can confirm this.

Cheers,