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Originally Posted by 88 coupe
Good to have along, if the electronics were to fail at an inconvenient place. I used to carry a spare distributor instead. Takes up more space, but it's easier to replace the entire dist, than to convert the Pertronix back to points.
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Funny you should mention that. Back in the late 1970s I had an early Mallory electronic ignition conversion on my 68 Vista. This was an optical system that used a chopper wheel under the rotor and an LED and opto sensor in place of the points. It was very easy to install and did not require disassembly of the distributor. One Friday afternoon the electronics failed. I had an old set of points with me, so I pulled out the electronics, reinstalled the points, gapped them with a matchbook cover, and off I went. Newer is not always better.