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04-27-2011, 01:34 AM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jan 1995
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 13,688
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Bubba To The Rescue
 Last Friday, I found myself putting up highway 12 on my way back from lunch in my '39 sedan. The weather was nice, the road was empty, and everything was glorious in the world. And then it wasn't. The motor just quit. No sputters, no coughs, etc... I... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here. |
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04-27-2011, 01:37 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Wa. "The Wet Side"/ Socal "The Desert"
Posts: 7,122
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
yeah baby!
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04-27-2011, 01:46 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Beautifull Black Hills of South Dakota
Posts: 28,310
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
Jim Rules!
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04-27-2011, 02:05 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Garfield, Wa
Posts: 3,988
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
Brian Bosworth, there's a blast from the past!
Glad you got your ride ironed out.
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04-27-2011, 02:12 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Sultan, WA
Posts: 4,792
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
Points have never left me stranded.....
And my local parts stores all stock points for mallory dual points.... |
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04-27-2011, 02:25 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Burbank, CA
Posts: 2,938
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
my buddy told me about the one time he left his key on, burned the points out!
all because he wanted to have the radio on while hanging out with some girl. i keep a spare points set up, just in case. you never know? Quote:
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04-27-2011, 03:00 AM
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Tech Editor
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Tucson, AZ USA
Posts: 10,655
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
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so when the ing needs to be on for a while with the engine off ( like when I'm working on someting ), its easy to disconnect the coil. And then, of course, i forget to re-connect it before I try to start it... 
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04-27-2011, 04:14 AM
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Alliance Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Glen Arm, Md.
Posts: 2,588
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
I'm not a fan of the Mallory, or anything else you can't get parts for at your local parts store. Keep it simple, and reliable!
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04-27-2011, 04:20 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Posts: 4,315
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
Bubba does nice work, but I prefer the MopAr small block distributor/elec ingition conversion.
Rock solid too, small cap fits in real nice (looks almost stock) and cheap to find and easy to mod. Works on everything from stock flatheads to 9 sec cars !! Rat
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04-27-2011, 04:38 AM
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Grenade Inspector
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 385
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
Jim does great work. And to boot, he is a top notch guy! If you ever get a chance to take one of his seminars, I would highly recommend it.
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04-27-2011, 04:50 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Posts: 1,199
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
Ryan,
Glad he hooked you up... He did the Dizzy in my 49..NEVER RAN SO GOOD... He is the Dizzy Master... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/g...scussionid=419 
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04-27-2011, 04:53 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: North of Dallas
Posts: 3,190
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
Glad you got it fixed Ryan, my brother calls it the "KISS" princible.
Keep It Simple Stupid Sometimes it the simple thing in life that are the best.
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04-27-2011, 04:58 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Sultan, WA
Posts: 4,792
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
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04-27-2011, 05:24 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mid Coast, Maine
Posts: 861
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
If everything is working thats great,But i,m for keeping the dist stock and using points,always keep your old points and condenser you may have to change on side of rode.All thougt having the electric fuel pump go, thats another thing being fat i,d never get under car.
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04-27-2011, 05:54 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: illinois
Posts: 793
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
I have seen this guy work on various vehicles at the Newport Hill Climb. He is always helping people out in need and gets them back on the road. Great company!
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04-27-2011, 06:15 AM
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Alliance Member
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Bismarck, N.D. USA
Posts: 1,212
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
I have had a "Bubba's" distributor in my flathead for over a year now, and it runs unbelievably well, much better and smoother than the petronix ignitor it replaced. Timed and curved to perfection. I don't think the price and quality can be beat!
overspray
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04-27-2011, 06:28 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Davidsonville, Md.
Posts: 14,133
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
Cue up Willie Nelson.."on the road again".
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04-27-2011, 06:36 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: ma
Posts: 2,748
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
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exactly.... Napa stocks points for even the old mallory double life dizzy which I will be running in my sbc. unfortunately you can't run down and get a cap and rotor for them at the local parts store! The biggest thing to note when building your car is knowing what part numbers are what and having the list in your car! For my SBC I plan to run a msd box I have with the points. should make them last forever and if I have an issue with the box I can bypass it and keep driving. still thinking about sending my double life to gmcbubba to have setup though! |
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04-27-2011, 06:46 AM
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Grenade Inspector
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Indianapolis
Posts: 136
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
I've known Bubba my whole life, and he never ceases to impress me. He's like Wolfgang Puck with a can of SPAM too. He can do it all!
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04-27-2011, 06:47 AM
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Member Emeritus
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Tucson AZ
Posts: 6,239
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Re: Bubba To The Rescue
I'm nervously running a used Unilite in the '50 Burb. Been meaning to get with Jim for something better, with vacuum advance.
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