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On 6 Jan 2004 at 10:24, Hal Sullivan wrote: > At 07:02 PM 1/5/2004 -0800, you wrote: > >Where exactly does the 09 originate? Was it a vw used dizzy at one time? And > >I mean was it used in the 60s and earlier on German produced vw's, not in > >the 70s in Brazil and Mexico.How did it become so prolific and not the 10 or > >the 19? I thought the 10 and 19 were populr with the big motor crowd and > >considered better. > > I'm not sure where it originates, but IIRC it has a connection to aircooled > industrial engines from Brazil. I suspect that the "current" 009 actually > predates the 010 and 019 .. which would explain why the 010 and 019 are in > the Fisher book and the 009 isn't. The 010/019 seems to be preferred by > quite a few of the big-motor crowd over on the cal-look.com forum, and for > what it's worth I've seen 010's at swapmeets going for around $100-125. Did you mean "postdates?" Otherwise it could have been in the Bill Fisher book. Just from the part # I was guessing that it actually predated the other 2, but then again I don't know the WHOLE part #. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org