The tale of the $350.00 distributor

Good old parts store rebuilds, you would be amazed how many I get in that have no shaft bushings on them and the bushing between the dist shaft and cam plate is worn excessively.
So true. I had a points distributor (which came with a motor I bought) that looked to be fresh from the store. I installed a pertronix 2 kit in it, and stuck it in the 360 in my '65 Belvedere. Couldn't get it to run right for the life of me. Swapped the P2 kit over to the scuzzy original-from-the-poly-318 distributor, and it's run like a champ for the last 5 years. Matter of fact, I didn't even clean it.