225 Slant Six Distributor Question

Some of my condensers were in my cars for years. .

Mine as well and this reminds me of a non-Mopar "story."

Friend of mine called me after work, years ago, for help. Could not get his Chivvy 4x4 350 to start, he'd replaced the points.

Now GM had come out with a "uni set" like below. This had the condenser built into the points, so you removed the old one and bolted this complete unit in there.

Now he had not noticed, nor did I, that he had removed an aftermarket uni-set which had a MINIATURE CERAMIC capacitor instead of a large can like traditional. the way it was made, it just looked like part of the insulator.

The points he put back in did not HAVE a condenser, they were not a "uni set"

So neither of us noticed, right away. Remember, it's a 4x4, and the darn thing is "back in there" a ways.

I finally woke up, "Where's the condenser?"

"Isn't there one in there? EYE didn't take it out!!!"

Believe me, "they" won't start with no condenser. I got into a great big fight over at FBBO some time ago over this.