Posted: 7/9/2007 7:19:04 PM EDT
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How many of you know what "points" on an ignition system are? How many of you know how to adjust points? Just curious as to how many of us younger than 40...(I'm 30) know anything about older vehicles. I am a classic car fan and have owned and driven cars from 1955 to 1970 for most of my life. However, I see few people in my generation who have taken an interest in these classics. I am wondering what will happen when all of the current Baby Boomer generation is dead and gone? |
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Been dealing with points since I was 9 and my dad, who couldn't see worth a shit but wouldn't wear glasses, taught me how. They are easy to deal with (book of matches and a screwdriver) and VERY cheap to replace (the points for my truck are about $4). Don't get me wrong, HEI and CD ignitions have their place and are a vast improvement over points. But points still work and, even if they get fucked up a little, you can make them work long enough to get home. Tough to do when your HEI module or MSD box takes a shit. BTDT. I'm 26. |
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The suck thank god for HEI but i at least know what they are and given a few minutes could remember how to adjust them Im 32 I would not be worried about lack of intrest as the baby boomers go tits up have you seen the retro scene is far from dead and some would claim going back to its roots with the rat rod movement except there are of course dumbasses payinf 10's of thousand for rat rods they think are cool that could be built with 2-5K in parts i does piss me off as these assholes are again pricing shit out of many peope's budgets it happened with in the 1980s with muscle cars , 90s with street rods and now when rusted out dangerous hulks are bringing $15k on Ebay 
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33, don't know anything about them other than I vaguely remember hearing something about them in junior high school shop class when we had to watch a movie about taking apart a lawnmower or something. ETA: I'm actually somewhat mechanically inclined also, I do almost all the work on our vehicles, but I'm completely unable to grasp electical/ignition stuff. post 1234, yee yee. |
MSD ready to run, no box needed 
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Fuck locktite.. Just break off a little chunk of latex glove and use that as locktite.. Quicker and works very well... |
I adjusted them with a grinder then the phucking car would not start!
Plus, most people opine that they are much more EMD resistant than modules. |
EMD?  Points will protect your car from trains more than MSD? 
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Still missing my '68 Mustang. Not missing points, condensers, vacuum advance, etc, quite so much. 
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I never pass up a chance to show off, it boosts my ego No points, mechanical advance...  
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or EMP Electromagnetic discharge or pulse from a nuke explosion |
Those go south too, dude. On my next hot car (or truck, as it is turning out to be), it'll have an MSD. But not on a daily driver. |
I've had good luck with mine and so have the people who I know who have them. Its awaiting a transmission right now but was my driver for over a year with no problems. |
And most of the time, that is the case. But when they die...they pick the shittiest time! By the way...the grey 'stang is VERY nice.
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I'm w/ this guy. My MSD Billet rocks...although my cam stripped the fuck outta the first distributor gear I had on. Apparently they found out brass doesn't work too well as a gear....I learned the hard way. Nuttin like a '69 Stang sittin 20 miles from anywhere on a country road while I had to hike my ass back to my house... |
