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Old 11-20-2020, 10:11 AM   #8
Dobie Gillis
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Default Re: Miss on newly rebuilt 292

Here's the Wikipedia skinny for Standard Motor Products. Note the reference to Chinese imports. It's likely that their parts related to points and condenser ignition systems are made in China. Parts for what are now considered antique cars represent a very small market so, from a business standpoint, it makes sense to manufacture them offshore where labor costs are lower. You could try the Blue Streak line since the quality is (or used to be) better than their normal stuff. On the points sets be sure to lube the distributor cam with the supplied lube (if they still do that), and bend the wick in the direction of cam rotation. Most of the failures of Blue Streak points were because this was not done.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standa...20from%20China.
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