Ultimate Mallory Distributor ID Thread

A few years ago I contacted Mr. Gasket about info in identifying Mallory distributors. The guy I spoke to was very helpful and a week later I received these 22 pages of info in the mail...

There are so many questions about how to ID these distributors on here that I thought I would take the time to post all the pages...

Sorry some of them are crooked, but that's how I received them...

Page 1

 

Page 2

 

Page 3

 

Page 4

 

Page 5

 

Page 6

 

Page 7

 

Page 8

 

Page 9

 

Page 10

 

Page 11

 

Page 12

 

Page 13

 

Page 14

 

Page 15

 

Page 16

 

Page 17

 

Page 18

 

Page 19

 

Page 20

 

Page 21

 

Page 22

 

And another thing: Earlier examples will have the number shown on the side tag as the beginning of the ID information, with other charcters identifying the type of distributor and the advance curve.
On later manufactured ones, I think from roughly early 1970's, the part number is quite long, and the numbers shown are part of it starting a couple of digits from the beginning.
I don't have access to books right now, but a glance at a known distributor will tell you which digits match the above Then later digits give the advance curve info.

 

Wow, thanks for the info, this will go into my files. I have had an old Mallory on the shelf for years that I never could identify....anyone need a Magspark for a 46-52 Crosley?

 

Great imformation thank you

 

For some reason, page 9 went away.

 

I’m trying to identify a Mallory distributor I dug out of my stash today and got all excited when I found this thread BUT, the pages that oldspwr posted don’t show up anymore. Are they gone forever or am I doing something wrong?
My Mallory tag says, YC337HP.


Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app

 

I'm looking for that particular unit for my 392 hemi, if you want to sell it. 206 637 4071 seattle area.

 

I believe that "Moriarity" posted this same information a year or so ago. I search of "Mallory" for user "Moriarity" may produce what you want. If you can't find it, get back to me, as I downloaded them somewhere (hopefully, I can find them).

From the post above, it appears to be for a 392 Chrysler.