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Can anyone help me keep the original look of my 1930 Swallow? Under the bonnet may not be immaculate but it is surprisingly original. To keep it that way I need to find some brown plastic covered HT cable. At the very least I need enough to replace the king lead but can't seem to find it anywhere. I have the original brown dist. cap but it looks wrong with a black king lead. The car is still 6 volts.
On another point of originality, I would like to find an original condenser; the type that fitted in the recess under the distributor. Even if it doesn't work, I would like to have one fitted in the original location.
Any helpful suggestions would be welcome.
Thank you.
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02-03-2025, 03:39 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-03-2025, 03:41 AM by Tony Press.)
I thought that a 1930 Swallow might have had a Lucas DJ 4 manual advance with a black cap, mushroom cable ends and inside condenser (or would it be a DK4 Auto Advance - again with black cap with acorn cable ends and inside condenser).
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I have some of the CAV condensers, Ray.
Ping me a message.
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I don’t know of any Brown HT lead, Ray, but as second best could you use brown heat shrink tubing to cover a lead of a different colour?
Regards,
Stuart
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02-03-2025, 02:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-03-2025, 02:28 PM by Ray White.)
Thank you everyone. When I say "original" of course, what I really mean is how it has looked to me for the past 40 years. The distributor is a CAV DS4 - 2 . It should have an external condenser, a brown cap and rotor arm and brown push in leads. It only looks right if everything matches. Yes, of course I could change everything but what's the point?
Ray.
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That looks great, Ruairidh. Do you happen to know the small screws thread size please?