July 19, 1968 date. Good find. $$$$

And, yes. It's a Z28 distributor. Wasn't used in anything else.

 

July 19, 1968 date. Good find. $$$$

Awesome. thanks

 

Checked the block and found out it is not a DZ but actually a RE which based on research is a 1962 340 HP Corvette block. Hoping maybe someone in the Corvette world can use it.

 

1969 ONLY, 302/290 1111480 DZ, Z28

THIS distributor IS the "Holy Grail" of Small/Big Block points type distributors, one in perfect condition is worth about $1,100.00, and is out of control rare to find

The July date is significant, as it is one of the very first production units for the 1969 build year This distributor was used on both stock single 4bbl, and 2x4bbl dealer installed cross ram setups

If you decide to not use it, set it aside on a very protected shelf, don't sell it, leave it a points distributor, any other distributor can be modified to electronic and curved to work

1968 ONLY, 302/290, 1111247 Z28 Still rare, but everybody wants the 1969 cars.

 

WOW. It reminds me of the 1111154 distributor for my 66 L79 Nova. Very hard to find and I paid $1250 or more for it. Can't remember but it was up there and again only used on the L79 Nova in 1966 which only 5400 I believe were made.

Thanks. I will definitely take better care of it. I know in 1975 I had a issue with my engine missing and when I took it to this guy where I lived who had a small Hi Perf shop. He did some tweaking and tightened some screws that were making the points jump all over the place at higher RPM. After that the engine was a whole new beast.

 

There are known dates for these 480 distributors and alot of fake ones out there.
Buyer Beware. Almost every single one for sale on ebay is a fake.
The guy in Angola, IN and the guy in Tennesee contribute most of the many fake hard to find parts.
They also sell restamped DZ engines with a bunch of restamped components.

The real ones bring the money.

 

Not only that, but both of those two have multiple seller names on ebay. There are also others selling the same restamped distributors. Quite likely, the first two are wholesaling to several others.

 

The next most valuable Camaro distributor is the 1969 ZL-1, 1111927, Mag Pulse, but for all intents, same as any other small-bog block points distributor in appearance. There were only 69 of them factory installed, on those 69 cars.

Then, two ZL-1 Corvettes, they were tach drive cast iron, had different ID numbers, mag pulse. Other than that, and the ignition module, they looked like any tach drive cast iron Corvette distributor.

BTW, the numbers on aluminum distributors ARE NOT STAMPED N PLACE. Look closely, they are literally rolled onto the aluminum with a roller die. That is the reason clones and re-stamp are so easy to spot, rolled, vs stamped numbers.

 

I took a pic of the distributor. It is tight but sitting in the beach area wasn't nice to it. The vacuum advance is corroded from the weather even though it was in a garage. I do not know if the weights and all are numbers correct. This was in a in a race engine in the early 70's so who knows.

 

I took a pic of the distributor. It is tight but sitting in the beach area wasn't nice to it. The vacuum advance is corroded from the weather even though it was in a garage. I do not know if the weights and all are numbers correct. This was in a in a race engine in the early 70's so who knows. View attachment 269044

Hi Bob, I still have the distributor. I have had people over time ask if it was for sale, but I was not ready yet. I guess I am ready now. My project is almost done so I am getting ready to start selling all my extra items I will not be using. I have been told it is a Holy Grail and worth a bit. I am not greedy but don't want to give it away. I paid $1400 for my L79 distributor so I know these items are worth it to the right person. I have seen seen two on ebay which look original although one says remanufactured. Mine does need to be cleaned up and am taking that into consideration. Plus I am not sure if the weights or springs are correct. What are you thinking price range?

Good morning Michael, Thank you for allowing me to purchase your distributor, I'm very grateful and it will be going to the right guy and car. I will gladly pay what you feel is right. I don't know how we can connect because I'm new to Camaro.net. Can we share contact numbers? Thank you, Bob

 

July 19, 1968 production date, just in time to be for the 1969 change over and builds. Look closely at the numbers, there are no raised edges, so, they weren't stamped in place, they were "rolled". Some bodies will show what looks like a rectangle area around the numbers, the rectangle is the face of the platen that holds the numbrs. Some bodies are better done than the one shown above, they don't have the horizontal lines this one does.

That is one expensive distributor core, be happy, put it on the shelf, DO NOT MODIFY IT. It went into one of the first DZ engines.

When I refurb a distributor during a conversion, I completely redo the body by Chem-Tool cleaning, then glass bead blasting. The glass bead actually opens up craters on the aluminum, which capture and store dirt, oils, greases, and are hard to keep clean. Just after bead blasting, I use a hand held Brillo pad over the bead blasted areas under fairly hot water, it doesn't take much. This closes down the "pores" created by the blasting, and makes the surface as close to stock looking as I have ever seen. This also helps oils, dirt and other contamination come off the metal fairly easily.

Below are the same distributor, as delivered, and when the conversion was done. This one looks like this today, I converted it 32 years ago. This one has had the numbers area machined to remove them, but the rest of the body is done by the processes listed above, posed simply to show how it comes out with the cleaning done.

 

Hello Michael, Question, do you still have the 1111480 Distributor? If so, I would be very interested in purchasing it from you. Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you, Bob

 

Hi Bob, I still have the distributor. I have had people over time ask if it was for sale, but I was not ready yet. I guess I am ready now. My project is almost done so I am getting ready to start selling all my extra items I will not be using. I have been told it is a Holy Grail and worth a bit. I am not greedy but don't want to give it away. I paid $1400 for my L79 distributor so I know these items are worth it to the right person. I have seen seen two on ebay which look original although one says remanufactured. Mine does need to be cleaned up and am taking that into consideration. Plus I am not sure if the weights or springs are correct. What are you thinking price range?

 

My email is washburnz28@yahoo.com thank you