Yikes. I think I’ll make my next car a 65 Electra (preferably one with a Nailhead V8). No computers in that thing, not even the clock.
Plus, I like the idea of having a trunk big enough to hold a SmartCar. :-)
Other than the aftermarket distributor I just dropped in, my 65 has no electronics either:
http://tysonneil.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Project-Willys-CJ5/i-2ssMtKZ/A
Getting that distributor to work involved a little more effort than the directions offered. Granted everything is keyed and goes one way, in my case after some grief and heartburn a little more.
Come to find out that I had to turn the distributor a lot more than the retainer plate allows. I dropped it in without the plate out of desperation and found the range it would run. That was a couple of days ago. I plan to modify the retainer or make a new one this weekend.
It certainly didn’t stumble or lag with the new one which confirmed my suspicion about not enough or maybe not any advance. The old distributor was weights only, no vacuum port.
Gotta luv those 401’s.
Went through 3 of them along with a 425.
1963 Buick Riviera. Wished I still owned it!