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triggered it.
Sometime in the early 70's at NAS Miramar, I had a part time job at the station auto hobby shop, and had met some fellow Mopar guys. One of them had been steered to to this guy "Pat" who was involved with a bunch of guys in a performance shop, mostly swapping B/RB and hemis into old Ford pickups My friend got a set of heads from him, and he'd had rust issues in his engine, thinking the heads were it.
At one point I was out in this shop, and somehow we got on the subject to my own car, and I ended up buying a used factory Hemi tach drive distributor from this Pat for 20-25 bucks. It needed a new ground strap for the advance plate, and the usual points, cap etc
So I get out of the Navy, come back to Idaho, work in what was then my Dad's parts store for over 7 years, and the guy who bought Dad out was a prick. He went out of business, and stuck my Dad for some buks, as well
I had moved to Coeur d Alene, working at yet another parts store, and this bearded guy comes in there from "Pat's Trans Doc". Finally one day I asked him if he was from San Diego. By now it has been maybe 10 years since we've seen each other.
He acted like I was a bounty hunter, but finally admitted, YUP, this was this "Pat" guy
He was actually kind of a flake, divorced his wife, and she managed the transmission shop for a time. No idea whatever happened to Pat
At the time he STILL HAD this 48--ish Ford pickup, Mopar swapped, that he'd had in San Diego in about 72!!!
Streetspark/DC ignition?
Went to a swap meet the other day and someone was selling a dual point from the brand DC ignition, apparently a former part of Mr. Gasket, for a small block. Never heard of this but I picked it up for a future old style hotrod or street machine project, can't find a lot about these online. If...
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triggered it.
Sometime in the early 70's at NAS Miramar, I had a part time job at the station auto hobby shop, and had met some fellow Mopar guys. One of them had been steered to to this guy "Pat" who was involved with a bunch of guys in a performance shop, mostly swapping B/RB and hemis into old Ford pickups My friend got a set of heads from him, and he'd had rust issues in his engine, thinking the heads were it.
At one point I was out in this shop, and somehow we got on the subject to my own car, and I ended up buying a used factory Hemi tach drive distributor from this Pat for 20-25 bucks. It needed a new ground strap for the advance plate, and the usual points, cap etc
So I get out of the Navy, come back to Idaho, work in what was then my Dad's parts store for over 7 years, and the guy who bought Dad out was a prick. He went out of business, and stuck my Dad for some buks, as well
I had moved to Coeur d Alene, working at yet another parts store, and this bearded guy comes in there from "Pat's Trans Doc". Finally one day I asked him if he was from San Diego. By now it has been maybe 10 years since we've seen each other.
He acted like I was a bounty hunter, but finally admitted, YUP, this was this "Pat" guy
He was actually kind of a flake, divorced his wife, and she managed the transmission shop for a time. No idea whatever happened to Pat
At the time he STILL HAD this 48--ish Ford pickup, Mopar swapped, that he'd had in San Diego in about 72!!!
