I am in Australia where we used to be allowed to drive fast cars fast - before radar and do gooder politicians stuck most of the nation with 60 mph speed limits - ever more so over the last 10 years.

Having said that, many aussies still build/love fast V8 engined cars, rodding growing and growing, as baby boomers now often see their friends dropping dead around them without enjoying themselves more before they went/go.

I have a slightly uprated (suspension wise) Inca Gold 57 T/Bird that needs to go faster - was chasing a 57 368 Lincoln motor for it, or otherwise a McCulloch blower to make it a defacto 'F-Code' but meanwhile picked up an early Mallory tach drive dual point dizzy for it. And with it came a Mallory Magspark Coil setup. This has two ceramic like round shielded gizzmos on each side, and wire picks up, 'take offs' from each of these.
Q1. Firstly were/are these units any good - how good versus later simpler coils?
Q2. How do you wire it into the dual point distributor - one terminal is marked "IGN SWITCH" - that one pretty simple. Also there is an old cut off coil lead that obviously goes to centre of dizzy cap - that pretty clear.
Beyond that, I need help. On the side mount bracket is possibly a capacitor/condensor - Mallory (with a "36" stamped in base), that has a pickup point/terminal, that seems to be connected by a wire to one of the ceramic thingos. Is this corect, and what happens with other thingo's pick up point/terminal?

Apart from the T/Bird. I have had a 57 Chrysler 300C coupe for about 25 years, and am putting alloy Wiend manifold, bigger Carter period carbs, 4 bolt exhaust manifolds. etc.
Q3. I was wondering is it worth putting Mallory dual point in place of factory dual point that is stock?
Q4. Will a tach drive Mallory fit, and how common are early ones - worth looking for, or forget unless very lucky?

Gas prices over here for 90 octane unleaded were recently 140c a litre, premium another 10c a litre. They have slipped back to now just on 125c a litre. Turbo jap cars were big here a few years back with young people (especially Nissan), but now the trend seems to be into our late 60s GM and Ford musclecars, our GT Falcons and Holden Monaros - they were good for about 130 mph stock in goodf tune. Amongst rods, we now have world class glass body builders (especially re Fords 28- 40), as well as builders of new pre war chassis.

Many aussie rodders go to the US, so many/most of you already likely know this stuff.
yours from Australia in spring 2005
aussie chris