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Originally Posted by 1978911sc View Post
It happened three times over ten miles as I was trying to make my way home. Other than that the car ( 78 SC ) started fine and runs strong.
In that last ten miles all was well except for the sudden loss of power and backfire (times 3)?

If so, were you cruising at a constant RPM or did you give it some beans when it did a face plant?

If all was well, I lean towards the distributor. If it ran like crap that last ten miles, I lean towards a significant vacuum leak.

I have not experienced a distributor/cap failure. First hand experience (as noted above) carries a lot of weight.
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