Pick up truck remembrance !
Bought my first truck off of Smokey Yunick in Daytona , about 1960 or 61 , cost 1,700 dollars , about a years wages for a 16 year old kid . Six cylinder GMC . About 1963 I saw mt first P.U. with an ...
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colliehauler wrote:
I also remember changing the plugs points and condenser about every 20k miles and having to set the dwell and timing. In fact just gave away a high dollar timing light and dwell meter to a person who has a (antique car). Hadn't used it in decades and they sat in the garage in a box.
Chrysler was the first to use electronic ignition (out of the big three). They were also the first to switch to a alternator from a generator.
My 66 Chrysler 300 with a 440 TNT still has its original points and condenser ignition. Dug out the old timing light and dwell meter to change them last spring.
