Pertronix electronic ignition where to purchase?

Just to add to Richard’s post, Per-Lux bought the Ignitor line and expanded it from stationary engines, fork lifts and refrigeration units to automotive. Ryder Ford rental trucks had the igniters installed at the factory as did UPS in town delivery vehicles. Mickey Remund was Mickey Thomason’s engine builder before he retired and worked with Per-Lux to develope units for the Model A and early Ford V-8’s. I personally have used the Petronix’s boats, Model A’s and collector cars for more than 40 years with one failure that was self inflicted due to a bad ground. Quite frankly, the Petronix has been on the market for about 50 years and if it was as bad as some posters seem to say, they would have been out of business a long time ago.
 
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I have 4 Model As. (I think the cars and the lawn mower get together at night and I end up with more cars). I have electronic ignition on two and points on two. Both are VERY reliable but when we go outback, I use a distributor with points. There is no getting a new sensor for and electronic one out there but I can do anything with a set of points on the side of the road. Having both, I have a foot in each camp. To each his own, I say - just drive them while we can.
 
old31 said:
Just so I can install it and not ever have to worry about condensors, points, point gap, point float, adjusting the points, bad grounds, greasing the cam, yada yada.

Many years ago I converted another car to pertronix and you install it and forget it, and for 12 years it was great.

Think about it. Modern cars have not been manufactured with points since I
don't know, maybe the 80's. When was the last time you heard of a modern car dying because the electronic module died. Probably never.

But with all that said I would buy a 2nd set as a back up, for piece of mind.
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Just food for thought.... the quality of electrical components that were manufactured "many years ago" is NOT what you will find from those same components are today.

Second, the QC of O.E.M. electronic ignition systems is much, MUCH superior to what you will find in those off-shore manufactured aftermarket electronic retrofit systems of today. I can share with you many instances of failed Pertronix systems in Model-As that I actually warrantied the modules for unit that just quit, -so yes, they can be problematic. Making the comparison of a retrofit vs. a modern O.E. system is not really the same. Probably like saying a McDonalds Restaurant hamburger is just as good a NY Strip steak because they are both made out of a cow. :D
 
IF you go the module way get a spare in case there's trouble with the installed one.
Don't ask me how I know.
Paul in CT
 
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