1956 single four distributor?

[Edward M.]

OK, here is the next question about 1956 single four barrel cars.

What distributor did these cars use? Did they have a vacuum advance distributor or not?

[William C.]

Re: 1956 single four distributor?

1110872 or 1110879 (early and late with some overlap) neither used vacuum advance.

[Scott S.]

Re: 1956 single four distributor?

Ed,
New listing TIJM

1956

210 HP

1110866

Vacuum/Cent

D-3053

Part # 1917247

1956

210 HP

1110869

Vacuum/Cent

D-3053

Part # 1917247

1956

210

1110878

Vacuum/Cent

D-3053

Part # 1917247

Scott

[Edward M.]

Re: 1956 single four distributor?

Scott;

Thanks for trhe update.

Where did this info come from?

I have owner survey info on 3 known original single four cars. All three have an 1110879 distributor. Mike Hunt had an additional car in his survey, also with a 1110879 distributor.

I have an 1110878 in my 72K original miles 56 Chevy four door sedan with powerpack engine.

[Gary C.]

Re: 1956 single four distributor?

Ed, early cars principally 2 bolt '56 engines. What are the VIN's of the cars in your survey info? Gary....

[Edward M.]

Re: 1956 single four distributor?

Ed, early cars principally 2 bolt '56 engines. What are the VIN's of the cars in your survey info? Gary....

3809 and 4358 from Mike Hunt's data
4411 and 4444 from owner surveys done for me.

All show 1110879 distributor.

There is one more, also a late car, but I can't recall the VIN right now. It also has an 879 distributor.

Not sure there is such a thing as an early single four car. Single four engine became base motor as announced in Chevrolet Bulletin dated April 6, 1956. I believe that all cars prior to that were two four cars. That would put the earliest possible single four car (using April 6 as a rough starting date) at around #1800.

I think we say that the change between 1st and 2nd design engines occurred around #1650.

[Gary C.]

Re: 1956 single four distributor?

Ed, correction meant to say right after the early 2 bolt 1st design engines. Unfortunately, there's very little information available on any distributor use other than 879. Gary....