Has anyone ever heard of a D308R distributor cap coming out of one of the old pull string boxes that did not have the words Delco Remy embossed on the top of the cap?
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Larry------
I have never seen that and I would only believe it if the box was sealed and I pulled the string myself to open it.
However, there is one way that I believe it could POSSIBLY have occurred. In the old days, I think that Delco-Remy actually manufactured some of the caps for other-branded product. Of course, these parts would not have been branded Delco-Remy; they would have been "no-name" and packaged in the boxes of the particular brand they were sold under. So, if by some accident such caps found their way into Delco-Remy boxes, what you describe would have been POSSIBLE.
Some Delco-Remy manufactured caps do not have any Delco-Remy brand seen on the OUTSIDE of the cap but do have a small Delco-Remy logo on the inside top of the cap. However, every one of these I've seen came out of the much later style Delco packaging, after the pull-string type was long gone.In Appreciation of John Hinckley -
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Joe,
I have been doing some research on this and just came across one like you are describing, with the Delco remy logo inside the cap only, in a flip top box. The pull string box the part came out of was not the orange and white or orange black and white variety. It came out of one of the later red, white and blue pull string boxes with the blue metal top just like the one pictured. I do not know when these boxes were used, but could that have been late enough?Comment
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Larry-----
I'm not sure that you'd find a D308R in the earlier style pull string boxes. The D308R came into being in 1969. By that time, I believe the "blue top" pull string box was in use.
My vague recollection is that this style box was used until ABOUT 1974 when the change was made to the non sealed boxes.
Still, I've never seen an non externally branded D308R that came out of the pull string box of any type. However, under the situation I previously described, I suppose it could have happened. Some might even have been used in PRODUCTION. Of course, you'd never get that to be considered "typical of factory production". Just like you'd never get a non externally branded D308R SERVICE cap to be considered typical of factory production just because it came out of a pull-string box.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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Thanks Joe,
In my continued research I found this old thread from 2004 where someone else found one, but perhaps in an even older box. I also found a post on a Camaro forum similar to this one.
https://www.forums.ncrs.org/showthre...71244&uid=2128Comment
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Larry------
Well, if there were two like this, then there were probably a lot more. It should give someone pause before paying BIG $$$$ for an unopened pull string box for a distributor cap. I still think the origin of these caps was a cap manufactured by Delco for other brands. For whatever reason, they found their way into Delco packaging. It probably wasn't something that Delco cared very much about. They probably wouldn't have wanted caps prominently branded Delco to get into other brand boxes but having no-name caps in their boxes probably wasn't any big deal. Even used on PRODUCTION distributors probably wouldn't have been a big deal to them, either.
As far as the style pull string box, it looks like the black top box was used for the D308R. I didn't recall that it was used as late as 1969 but it must have been. My recollection on something like that is pretty shaky, though.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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Back then we did not pay attention one iota to the name on the box OR the cap. Every year you'd change cap rotor points and...PCV valve and throw the old ones in the trash bin.Comment
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I have come across a few of these caps that do not have the letters and numbers on top of the cap. Years ago I bought out a AC Delco-Remy store. The no name caps were in a pull string box with a blue top. I also had blue top pull string boxes that did have Delco-Remy Patent Pending R on top of the cap. I noticed that the pull string boxes that did have the no name on the cap were my newest boxes. Maybe toward the end of production of the cap or the pull string box things got mixed up.Comment
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I realize this thread is about 308R's, but here's a D305 (for 2 x 4 bbls, held on with the snap spring clips) that has no top script, but has the Delco-Remy circular logo inside. Orange/white box with black pull string top.
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