1955 coil to distributor wire

[Lynn L.]

Should the coil to distributor wire attach to the Mallory condenser or pass into distributor on a 1955 v8 ignition?

[Troy P.]

Re: 1955 coil to distributor wire

Lynn, I misplaced your email address. Send it to me and I'll send you photos from a Duntov 55.
Troy

[John S.]

Re: 1955 coil to distributor wire

Lynn, I misplaced your email address. Send it to me and I'll send you photos from a Duntov 55.
Troy

is the duntov car's wiring correct? a c.d. of survivor car number 29 does not have a Mallory condenser. what cars can you verify originally had the Mallory condenser? if there were cars with the condenser do the condensers exist through the entire run? list the car used as a example and let's see if we can verify it's originality and correctness. (any car without a 098 vacuum advance after number #400 should be assumed to have a nonoriginal distributor.)

[Troy P.]

Re: 1955 coil to distributor wire

Car restored and owned by Dave Ferguson, 53-55 Team Leader. Not sure who owns it now.

[John S.]

Re: 1955 coil to distributor wire

Car restored and owned by Dave Ferguson, 53-55 Team Leader. Not sure who owns it now.

#64 is a export car that has went through a lot of restoration. good car to go by because it was recently judged, but by just seeing a engine colored generator adjusting arm(picture on the corvette registry) , that is a good indication that a passenger car block is in the car. #64 is a very correct restoration by NCRS standards , but I believe much of the engine compartment has nonoriginal parts and cannot be used in determining if a Mallory condenser was originally on the car.

[Troy P.]

Re: 1955 coil to distributor wire

I seem to recall that Corvette V8 engines were initially shipped from the engine plant in 1955 with the generator brace attached. It was painted engine color along with the entire engine. I recall seeing photos of engines stacked for shipping that had orange braces. If so, it may be possible that a few very early 55's had an orange brace. (This is all many years old memories so I may be foggy on this.)

Not too long after it was found that stacking the crates of Corvette engines for shipping was bending the brace as it stuck up through the motor mount. So they stopped installing it during engine assembly and switched to putting it on at the vehicle assembly line. The part came from the supplier painted in black primer or paint to protect it from rusting. It was not painted again during car assembly and thus became a black part.

As you know we don't have a good AIM for 53-55 Corvettes. But if you look at the AIM for 55 passenger cars V8 option assembly instructions one sees the generator brace does not have a separate part number because it came already assembled to the engine. It tucked down low during shipment and was not bent. So they continued to install and paint the brace with the engine.

One other thing of interest from that AIM is the fuel pump for the V8 was changed from a 4150 to a 4262 on 2-10-55.

[John S.]

Re: 1955 coil to distributor wire

[QUOTE=Troy Pyles (14528);770329]I seem to recall that Corvette V8 engines were initially shipped from the engine plant in 1955 with the generator brace attached. It was painted engine color along with the entire engine. I recall seeing photos of engines stacked for shipping that had orange braces. If so, it may be possible that a few very early 55's had an orange brace. (This is all many years old memories so I may be foggy on this.)
not too long ago John Hinckley posted a reply to you about the color of the arms. it appears that shipping corvette engines with the bracket installed was discontinued well before gm issued the pamplets about the change. I know of no 55 corvette that has been verified with a red bracket. I would imagine there should be a couple.