Hello,
I hope this doesn't offend anyone as I just joined your forum to ask a question that I am hoping someone here can help me with or maybe I can help them?

At least 20 years ago when I still had my 67 GTO, I bought in a large NOS GM lot, a case of 10 NOS GM distributor bodies/housings that I just found them again. I know I will never use them and I BELIEVE they are for early 80s - mid 90s 2.8 and 3.1 GM motors part #1987841.
I think they may fit Camaros and Firebirds and several other cars of that era? I've listed them as a whole case of 10 on Ebay before and had no takers. Do they have value at all, if so where should I try to sell them and as a case or 1 at a time and then how much?

Thank you for your time and any help,
Karl.

 

You might want to part them out individually . You need to have more posts so you can post in the for sale classifieds. Pictures will help too. There is nothing like gm nos parts better than reman cardone . As for pricing look up the reman distributor on RockAuto and then beat that price for a better chance on selling them. I think it might be a hard sale since it’s just the body with new bushings.

 

You could make a real interesting light fixture out of them...

 

Might try dumping them on the Fiero folks.

 

Hi Karl

If these are bodies only , empty aluminum castings with no internal components such as the shaft that runs through the middle of it with the drive gear at the bottom and the advance mechanism at the top , then they are gonna be a hard sell indeed because they are pretty much useless without all the rest of the parts needed to make a complete distributor . A person would need all the rest of the parts to be able to actually use them and where would those parts come from , scrap an already working distributor to make those housings complete ? This is very likely why there was no Ebay interest , it would have been the same if , for example all you had was the shaft and no other parts of it , not being a complete unit means a good unit would need to be scrapped to get the rest of the parts and most folks with a complete good distributor are gonna just go and use it rather than part it out to make a working unit out of a bare casing , NOS GM or not .

Enclosed is a shot of a complete 2.8 distributor along side of one that's been modified into a "pre oiler" for engine rebuilding for reference .

 

IF this forum is still around?
Well, that was nearly 10 years ago. Just found these housings again. Now I'm curious. These vehicles are considered "antiques". Wonder if anyone even or ever will bother to restore those things? MAYBE some day they'll make a comeback, HA!
Well my wagon was found in a barn after 30 years. Back in 1961 when it was left in there, people probably said, "who would ever want this beast, particularly a 60 Plymouth Suburban 60 years from now?". Personally, I thought they were ugly as hell when I was a teen in the late 60s and glad to see them off the road. Love her car now though.
Are they aluminum or magnesium? I just vaguely remembering some old VW distributors that I THINK[?] were magnesium or an alloy and burned super bright.
I'll check again in another 10 years and see if they are worth $10 each.
Later,
Karl.