Frank Gooz Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 Have any of you used a aftermarket Mallory distributor? I would like to know more before invest. It is for a 25 inch engine, Has a flat cap, dual points. has a fitting on one side but not a normal looking vacuum advance diaphragm. Were these mechanical advance? OH and were 6 volt only? Any and all help, Thank you all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgeb4ya Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) I have three...one in my 51 plymouth for over 40 years...one in my 48 Chrysler eight and another I've never installed for a 25" engine. One with vacuum advance ...the 25" one as I recall. I like the way they perform. Parts are hard to find though I have never needed any. Edited December 10, 2020 by Dodgeb4ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loren Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Just a little history. Mallory was made in Carson City, NV. I used to buy Ford V6 distributors from them converted to 4 cylinder for use on SAAB V4s which used the German Ford V4. The parts used to be interchangeable between all of their distributors then. The company owned a retail outfit called "The Chrome Barn" and sold products from all the performance manufacturers. Somehow management messed up and they went bankrupt. Edelbrock is said to have lost $3 million in the bankruptcy. The fellow who owns "Mr Gasket" bought Mallory from the court and liquidated the "Sig Erson" cam division and moved what wasn't sold to machinery dealers back to Cleveland, Ohio. Needless to say I was not able to maintain my business relationship with them. Selling ten distributors at a time of one part number wasn't good enough for the new owners. I am told they are winding down the brand. The last version of their dual point distributor was pretty long lived. Only one of the points tended to pit. You could leave the unworn points in place or move them to replace the worn ones. The really good news was how long they lasted. I put a Mallory in a 72 Capri and removed it 5 years later when it was traded in. I had well over 50,000 without a tune up! It's a shame what happened to the company and its employees. I think they were worth saving. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belvedere Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Thanks for the history lesson...always interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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