Thread: Project Sebring GT Spyder

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“……none of the Cal Custom stuff I remember from “back in the day (when it was new)” was very high quality. There’s no denying though, that most of their stuff has become an iconic look for hot rods and muscle cars from the 60’s and 70’s. ……I know someone out there is shaking their head and wishing bad things on me for “ruining” a valuable old set of CC covers, but believe me, these were no prize. They were only good for wall hangers…….”


I think it looks great Mike and I can’t help but admire your ingenuity and attention to detail. Kids in my grandsons’ generation are likely good with seeing the coil packs, EFI and cold air air cleaners with the cone shaped filters etc. It’s what their used to seeing and seeing make power. That’s OK that’s their generation, ours has its own view of what a hot rod should look like.

Believe it or not I’ve taken crap for my electronic conversions on the old cast iron MOPAR distributors. You know the distributor that sits at the back of the engine that you don’t see. For some reason they think I should have 5 old distributors sitting on the shelf in the back shed rather than drill a screw hole and cut a slot in them and actually use them.

If I really want to see their nose tweaked out of joint I tell them about the first conversion I did (at the customers’ request) on a dual point tach drive distributor in a 1960 300F convertible. I tell them the owner actually wanted to drive the car.

Anyway great work.



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Originally Posted by Mike P

......For some reason they think I should have 5 old distributors sitting on the shelf in the back shed rather than drill a screw hole and cut a slot in them and actually use them......I tell them the owner actually wanted to drive the car.

Ain't it the truth! Nostalgia is great, to a point. I dealt with enough points ignitions when I was younger. You know, where you stop at the store and come out to find the points managed to weld themselves together (GM Uni-Points seemed be the worst). I carried spare sets in my daily drivers for just such an occasion. I had no issues with swapping to electronic and would cut an old distributor up in a heart beat to convert it, if that was what it took to convert one.

Hey, if you're a true hot rodder, that's what you do, cut stuff up and make it better! That's what hot rodders have always done!

Thanks for the compliment, too. Glad folks are liking this.