<VV> Searching for a turbo distributor

[Kent Sullivan]

Hi,

I am very pleased to say that CORSA member Ray Smith of New Jersey has
provided me with a '65 turbo distributor that has a date code in the correct
range for my blue convertible. The code is 5J29, which is smack in the
middle of the date codes for the other original electrical components (5J
and 5K) on the car.

I started wondering, hmm, I bet Chevy didn't make turbo Corvair distributors
all that often, since they were used on a low-production engine. Does anyone
out there have a "crop" of LM turbo distributor cores? If so, could you look
to see what various production date codes you can find, especially beginning
with 5J and 5K?

I'm thinking it's possible that 5J29 is the only possible date code that is
within the correct range for my engine. Would be interesting to find out...

Thanks,

--Kent
-----Original Message-----
From: Kent Sullivan [mailto:kentsu at corvairkid.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:33 PM
To: 'virtualvairs at corvair.org'
Cc: 'scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com'
Subject: Searching for a turbo distributor

Hi,

Perhaps the only "shocking secret" about my blue Canadian factory stock
restored convertible is that the distributor is not really right. It is
indeed the correct LM turbo distributor (as far as concours is concerned),
P/N 1110329, but the date code is way off for the build date of the car and
compared to the date codes on the other original electrical components.

The engine had the original distributor when I bought the car, but it was
"lost". It's a painful story that I won't detail here, but suffice to say
that someone gave it (in its un-rebuilt original form) to someone else who
was in need, not realizing that it was important to me to keep the original
parts with the car. The person replaced it with an "equivalent" unit --
which would be fine for any other Corvair but this one is so close to having
all of the numbers matching that I would like to try to find one closer to
being correct.

In any case, I am looking for a 1110329 distributor with a date code
beginning with either 5J or 5K, based on the date codes of the other
original electrical components. I would like to trade if possible. Depending
on the condition of the item to be traded, I have both a used 5D16
distributor and a completely-restored 6A19 distributor, both 1110329 turbo
units. The date code is next to the part number on the base casting.

If you can help out, please let me know.

Thanks,

--Kent