Carbon button in distributor cap broken off, melted

a skip white style HEI electronic distributor
Nice ID! Thanks.
This must’ve been one that shipped with shitty rotor phasing; it fried with probably less than five hours on it. And it did run like **** at idle and low rpm’s.

What is a Skip White distributor. Never heard of it.
They are quite well known in GM circles.
You'll like the technical reviews here.
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snip: the fabulous Skip White $50 Fake HEI. ...make sure your AAA is paid up. I have seen these that didn't make it out of the driveway.
That distributor may be just fine.
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See link above above.