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I have searched this site and have 100 different opinions. I spoke to 2 guys who made a career working only on Panteras and they both recommend Pertroix.  I use points in all the willys I have restored (24). These point are new, installed by a proper mechanic by the previous owner and from day one that i acquired the car it starts to break up over 3 to 4K RPMs. I looked into the Dura spark 1,2 and 3. I hear from many that they are all having module problems. If it was not such a bear to get in there and remove the distributor i think id keep the points. I even have a NOS set but not a NOS condenser. New points have no silver in them and they tend to fail rather quickly. No one on the planet makes a condenser that's any good either. I restored many RR and Bentley cars and we have the same problem.

Right now the car runs fine starts fine and idles fine but again once at 4k i hear it slightly breaking up. If I hate the pertronix I can change it back. What I need to know is what is the exact distributor I need to find and what is the Micro Farads rating for the factory condenser so I can look for NOS. Id like to rig up an entire distributor on a bench as a back up.  Which Dura spark unit do you recommend? Thanks Jim

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