It's been over three decades since a Ford vehicle rolled out of an assembly plant with a mechanical points ignition system and at least a decade since Ford last stuck a distributor in anything at all.

Last year, we picked apart Dale Snoke's altered-wheelbase 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente, a street-driven B/FX to install Holley's latest Terminator Stealth EFI. With its gold Moroso valve covers and ...

For the average beginner in the fine art of auto mechanics, and some old-timers as well, installing and wiring a stock eight-cylinder ignition distributor can sometimes be quite a chore, and when he ...