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RE: '76 was the year
By Mike McQuesten - 03/14/2002 3:32:59 PM; IP 206.193.0.120
Hi Linden. Haven't stopped by the fabulous '59Ford.com site lately. I'm going there after this little piece of info for you.

There will be others that visit/contribute here regularly that can provide you some details. I hope to get the ball rolling on this for you. Yes, Ford did offer an electronic ignition system for the FE. Maybe it was in '75 too? But I know for sure that in the last year of a production USA built vehicle with FE power, 1976, the pick ups got the DuraSpark system with module and electronic distributor. These are available from various parts houses, NAPA for sure, as rebuilds. Other should know more.

I had my '69 Cobra Jet Distributor, C8OE.... converted to electronic internals using a late seventies era 302 distributor as the organ donor. I still run that exact distributor in my 390 in my '68 F100 with an MSD 6A unit. It has never given me a bit of trouble.

Now, did those Kafton Bros. ever send you some digital pics of their '57 & '59s powered by hard running 427s? Honest to goodness guys, I have video of Steve Kafton running a '59 Ford 2 door post sedan with a 390 & C6 in the low 11's. And he drives it on the street...occasionally. He has re-powered it with a 427 and it's much more streetable than the 390 was. You can imagine how built the 390 was to have it be able to pull the front wheels of that all steel '59 over a foot in the air off the line on its way to running low 11's. Anyway Linden, I now have a digital camera and I may have to go get those pics myself.
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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=11995&Reply=11995><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor11995" onclick="return false;">electronic ignition for 352</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>LINDEN JOHNSON, <i>03/14/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=11995', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor11995') }); </script>  electronic ignition for 352 -- LINDEN JOHNSON, 03/14/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=11997&Reply=11995><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor11997" onclick="return false;">RE: electronic ignition for 352</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>BOB HOPKINS, <i>03/14/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=11997', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor11997') }); </script>  RE: electronic ignition for 352 -- BOB HOPKINS, 03/14/2002
 RE: electronic ignition for 352 -- Bob H., 03/14/2002
Collapse <b>RE: '76 was the year</b>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Mike McQuesten, <i>03/14/2002</i></font>RE: '76 was the year -- Mike McQuesten, 03/14/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=12017&Reply=11995><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor12017" onclick="return false;">I am running the 76 360 FE truck dist.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>James, <i>03/14/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=12017', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor12017') }); </script>  I am running the 76 360 FE truck dist. -- James, 03/14/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=12025&Reply=11995><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor12025" onclick="return false;">Thanks guys!</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>LINDEN JOHNSON, <i>03/14/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=12025', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor12025') }); </script>  Thanks guys! -- LINDEN JOHNSON, 03/14/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=12039&Reply=11995><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor12039" onclick="return false;">FE durasparks are a dime a dozen if.......</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>hawkrod, <i>03/15/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=12039', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor12039') }); </script>  FE durasparks are a dime a dozen if....... -- hawkrod, 03/15/2002
 RE: FE durasparks are a dime a dozen if....... -- Bob H., 03/15/2002
 Hawkrod can I buy a couple of those -- tbolt, 03/20/2002
 here is one on E-bay -- Bob H., 03/15/2002
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