|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
02-09-2014, 11:10 AM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 479
|
Clear Distrubutor Cap
These clear distributor caps come up for sale every once in awhile on eBay. Those are original Ford marked, and I have bid to $100 and lost each one as the price soars past reasonable logic. Now they are reproduced (saving me $90).
I know they are not for fine point. But for a reproduction of a period aftermarket item they are fun. http://www.mikes-afordable.com/product/A12115C.html It seems to be of good quality, and it works well. As Spdway1 said, "$10 to see little blue sparks,,,, Whoo-Hoo " |
02-09-2014, 11:22 AM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Glendale, AZ
Posts: 2,939
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
But no FORD script on the new ones!
.. |
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
02-09-2014, 11:39 AM | #3 |
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 22
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
Thanks for the lead!
|
02-09-2014, 11:41 AM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 479
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
[QUOTE=Joop;820301]But no FORD script on the new ones!
Correct, but I think this is a good thing. This makes the original ones still valuable, and a positive way to tell the difference. I am waiting for someone to post the repops on the auction sites as the real thing. BTW Joop, The brake handle is great, thanks. |
02-09-2014, 01:23 PM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Cow Hampshire
Posts: 4,175
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
I'd like to see an entirely CLEAR distributor body. So you could see the wire leads inside the housing.
Joe K
__________________
Shudda kept the horse. |
02-10-2014, 12:40 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: michigan
Posts: 1,126
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
|
02-10-2014, 04:10 PM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: NC
Posts: 908
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
Be careful! Don't forget the 1980's reproduction clear caps with Ford script. I keep this one in my touring tool box.
|
02-10-2014, 07:40 PM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northern Ontario, Canada
Posts: 175
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
I am running one of the 1980's reproduction clear caps on my 30 Roadster right now. I got it back in the late 80's. Interesting conversation piece.
|
02-11-2014, 12:12 AM | #9 |
Senior Member
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
Sold mine just in time!
__________________
What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II |
02-11-2014, 06:12 AM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Cow Hampshire
Posts: 4,175
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
Three of these currently on Ebay priced at $18.56, $20.45, and $36 delivered. The middle one of these is a bid. None have script.
Joe K
__________________
Shudda kept the horse. |
02-11-2014, 08:57 AM | #11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 734
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
I sent an email to Bratton's about the new clear caps. They said that the manufacturer did not want to send them one for their quality review. Seems that business is so good they don't need any other sales locations for the product at this time. Go figure, maybe Mike's has an interest in the manufacturing with exclusivity.
|
02-11-2014, 09:41 AM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Central FL, USA
Posts: 1,136
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
Ford itself did not ever make these. The ones with the Ford script were made back in the 80's as mentioned earlier. These were probably made without Ford's approvel as I don't think the lawyers had jumped on the copyright infringement bandwagon as of then. Just my 0.02 worth
I also note that Mike's has jacked up the price of his since when he first offered them. Bob-A |
02-11-2014, 11:19 AM | #13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 479
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
Yes, I got mine during the 'Weekend Sale' when you got more than one they were $7.50. I got 3 figuring that they would be a good gift.
The ones from the 80's sell for over $100, (well they did before this reproduction) Clo2jim you might want to take it out of the toolbox. Joe K, I figured they would start to resell. Like the guy with the $15 reproduction ford pail he sold several for the $130-170 range. So many rip-offs. Yet when I posted the rip-off, many defended him. |
02-11-2014, 12:46 PM | #14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Glendale, AZ
Posts: 2,939
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
I also note that Mike's has jacked up the price of his since when he first offered them.
Bob-A Not so Bob, Price was only lowered for the weekend special. |
02-11-2014, 12:51 PM | #15 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Cape Cod MA
Posts: 2,840
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
I believe the 1980's era clear cap with script was made for and sold by Gaslight. They also marketed a black script body and cap in that era.
|
02-11-2014, 01:09 PM | #16 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Central FL, USA
Posts: 1,136
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
Joop,
I stand corrected. Thank you Bob-A |
02-11-2014, 01:11 PM | #17 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Cow Hampshire
Posts: 4,175
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
Quote:
And not one to do a seller an injustice. The free marketplace will out. And caviet emptor to all who partake. I may get a clear one eventually. More likely for me if they could sell the whole unit top in clear like so many of the 'dressy' distributor bodies. Given that the complete two piece setup in black now runs about $20 plus shipping. I could see $30 for the same items in clear. (and that would be clear profit since it takes the same technology AND the same plastic to make the cap whether clear or red or black.) Here's one for a VW Bug $9.50 as a Buy it Now. Joe K
__________________
Shudda kept the horse. Last edited by Joe K; 02-11-2014 at 01:19 PM. |
|
02-12-2014, 01:39 PM | #18 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 479
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
Are the clear caps from the 80's glass or plastic?
The ones I bought from Mikes appear to be well made, thick construction, and the car runs. So I'm satisfied. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylEhznfTj70#t=35 |
02-12-2014, 02:04 PM | #19 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: MN
Posts: 7,053
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
Quote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Model-A-Ford...daeaa9&vxp=mtr |
|
02-12-2014, 03:24 PM | #20 | |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 54
|
Re: Clear Distrubutor Cap
ctvpa, The one I have with the Ford script is plastic. The one I received from Mike's during the weekend sale, appears to be cracked in the radius between the cap lid and the wire tower. Do any of the three you received, have this flaw ?
Quote:
|
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|