Jeff,
The original electronic ignition was notorious for failing. A common
fix was to replace it with a points distributor.
Roger
Jeff Gruber wrote:
>
> I asked a few days ago about putting electronic ignition into my 77
> spit. By the way, I did not properly thank those who responded. Thank you.
>
> No for the interesting twist.
>
> My repair book says that from 75 on, US models all had electronic ignition.
>
> I may not know a lot about ignition, electronic or otherwise, but I can
> recognize points when I see them.
>
> It looks like I have mechanical ignition and it originally had electronic.
>
> Comments, opinions.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jeff Gruber
> 77 Spitfire 1500
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