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[big gear head]

I've got a dual point dist. from a '59 Vette (I think) if that would work for you. I might know of some parts from a dual 4 engine that I passed on a few years ago.

[John Brown]

1110891 dual point distributor was used from 1957 through 1961, as I recall.

[Lynn]

They are fairly common, and not that expensive.

[tom406]

Some interesting 57 2x4bbl discussion in the comments on this car.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...t-bel-air-234/

[Lynn]

Lots of misinformation in that discussion. Wow, that is a shock, right? Look how much misinformation gets spewed out whenever they auction a 69 Z.

Missing the 997 heads. Set of rebuildable cores will set you back almost $3k.

Colvin's book does not list an "ED" suffix. Horrible pic of the stamp pad. Not sure you could read it anyway with all that paint.

ALL the dual quad motors got deep groove pulleys, not just the solid lifter dual quads. They all got the same 891 dual point distributor with no vac advance.

[Lynn]

Three bits of misinformation, all from one guy (Zoomad).

"The second detail is the pulleys. The high hp engines as the 270hp solid lifter dual quad and the 283hp solid lifter FI engines would have been equipped with deep groove pulleys to prevent the belt from getting thrown at higher rpm. The hydraulic cam dual quad and FI engines got the standard depth pulleys like this car has."

ALL DUAL QUADS HAD DEEP GROOVE PULLEYS.

"Another tip off between the solid cam engines and the hydraulic versions is the solid cam engines ran dual point distributors where the hydraulic versions used the standard single point dizzy. I can’t tell by the pics which one this has."

ALL DUAL QUADS HAD DUAL POINT DISTRIBUTORS.

The last thing that differs between the solid lifter engines and the hydraulic versions is the fuel line size. Solid cam engines have 3/8” fuel line from the tank to the pump, carbs or Injection unit. The hydraulic cam engines came with the standard 5/16” fuel line size front to back. I can’t tell by the pics what the fuel line size is.

ALL DUAL QUADS HAD 3/8 FUEL LINE.

All of the above can be gleaned just from the AIM.