At my wit's end

Well my wife and I went to a local pick n pull yesterday because one of the parts counter guys said they had a late 60's Dart there last he went. We wanted to grab some spark plug tubes since we are missing one and grab the electronic ignition stuff. As I expected the Dart was gone but they had an early Valiant, but it didn't have the tubes. That was the oldest Mopar they had by at least 20 years so we walked away empty handed. I really don't understand why Chevy thought putting the distributor, and related components, at the back of the engine. It was so annoying trying to get at those components that I decided just to buy them new and make my own mounting bracket.

Went to another pick n pull today that I knew usually has more classic cars. They had a 66 Dart GT but it was completely stripped. Found a 62 Dart though that had 3 of the tubes. Aside from an old Lancer those were the only old Mopars they had so I didn't get an electronic dizzy. Went ahead and ordered one when we got home. Luckily they didn't have the tubes in their system so they only charged us $1 a piece. Only needed one but figured I'd take all three just in case.

Carb rebuild kit got here yesterday so I pulled it out of the car today and ripped it apart. It looks like someone rebuilt it recently as the parts are in pretty decent shape. Didn't look like they made sure the passages were clear though. I have it sitting in some cleaner now. I'll get to rebuilding it tomorrow.