Model King 51 Henry J Engine Wiring Question

[bjscustommodels]

I want this to be a very accurate build, While looking over the engine I cant for the life of me see a Distributor in the kit, or even where to put a scratchbuilt one. Can someone please help me with this. This is the only thing holding me up

Thanks ben

[62rebel]

it's been a long time since i saw this kit; what engine did they put in it? it may have a magneto which revell never did do accurately and is probably hidden in the chrome tree.

[bjscustommodels]

All the instructions say that it is a big block thats it

[62rebel]

I'm certain i have a set of instructions from an old revell kit; i'll have a look this evening and let you know in the a.m.

[Guest zebm1]

Originally that kit came out in tha mid 60s, right? If so tha hot spark setup 'Back in tha Day' was a Magneto!

[62rebel]

i went through my box of instrux but the henry j wasn't in there. sorry; but if its a drag car it probably does have a magneto, and it may be mounted on the front of the water pump/timing chain cover if the engine is a gm. if it was a ford it might be mounted on one head or the other.

[USAC_1957]

I seem to remember the engine in that kit is a not-so-accurate 427 Ford SOHC, in which case the ignition would be mounted on the front cover.

[Guest zebm1]

If its a 427 SOHC then get one of tha engines from those 60s A/FX Ford Falcons...Daddy Warbucks, etc.

[62rebel]

two more sources for sohc's are the 65-66 galaxie and 68 shelby 500 kits; also the 33 willys gassers; not all accurate but pieces from this one and that one... favorite ford performance engine!

[62rebel]

ken's got a good point; for every SOHC engine at the drags, there'd have been a dozen old-school hemis and oldsmobiles, plus countless mouse motors. i like SOHC's cuz they look so cool, but other than a few big names like Kalitta they were out of reach. weekend racers on budgets could only drool over them...

personally; i use revell gasser kits as a starting point for models and not for the complete build. i welcome the return of the henry j and anglia kits and look forward to some new builds (since i'm spinning my wheels on the others...)