rbk Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 A friend of mine has a Delco distributor SM1344.It is a dual ignition 6 cylinder distributor.Does anyone know what it is for?Robert Kapteyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stude8 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 A friend of mine has a Delco distributor SM1344.It is a dual ignition 6 cylinder distributor.Does anyone know what it is for?[ATTACH=CONFIG]172536[/ATTACH]Robert KapteynRobertThe distributor in the photo looks to have more than 6 spark plug posts on it? I searched my best prewar catalog Universal Ignition Parts (271 pages!) and find no listing for a part number SM1344 ? In fact no ignition parts begin with "SM" in the description. Can you check the data tag again and be sure of the distributor number? A better top view of cap would be nice also.Stude8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbk Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 RobertThe distributor in the photo looks to have more than 6 spark plug posts on it? I searched my best prewar catalog Universal Ignition Parts (271 pages!) and find no listing for a part number SM1344 ? In fact no ignition parts begin with "SM" in the description. Can you check the data tag again and be sure of the distributor number? A better top view of cap would be nice also.Stude8JohnThis is a dual ignition distributor so it has 12 ****.I will try to get a picture of the nametag.Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbk Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 Here is picture of the name plate.It maybe that SM stands for "Special Manufacture"It may have been an experimental unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stude8 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 RobertTo help in this ID search I scanned some pages from my 1934 Universal Service Parts catalog covering ignition parts.Pg 12 illustrates Delco-Remy distributor caps, their only 12 cylinder cap shown is 1839161. If you look on Pg13 the listing for that cap shows 1929-31 A.C.F.; 1929-31 Blackhawk; 1930 Federal; 1926-27 Marmon; 1924 to 28-32-33 Pierce-Arrow; 1929 Stutz; 1929-30 White & 1928-30 Yellow Coach. The rotor looks to be Delco-Remy 37598, [the same as used on 1929-31 Studebaker President 8's] it is listed on Pg17 for 1929-33 Duesenberg "J"; 1930 Elcar; 1933 Franklin; 1929 Graham-Paige; 1930-31 Graham; 1928 Packard; 1928 Peerless; 1929-31 Pierce-Arrow; 1929-31 Studebaker.The by manufacturer application listing for 1928 Peerless show SIX different 6 cyl models! None are the SM1344, just Delco and Autolite variations. If your interpretation of SM stands for Special Mfg then the odd name users like Blackhawk, Federal, White or Yellow Coach might be the type it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbk Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Thanks John for the research you did.Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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