Bendix P&D ignition cabinets

[1Bad55Chevy]

Hello all!

This is my first post on the forum but I am a long time reader! I actually get the majority of my tool purchasing advice from this site!

So here I am, I have had this cabinet in the back of my shop for years and I want to put it to work (it was actually left by the last owner). I have looked online and can't find any information about how old it is or really anything about P&D parts. I thought maybe I would throw it on here and maybe someone might remember seeing something like this back in the day and could shed some light on it.

Also what can I do to preserve the patina. I was thinking about good WD40 waxing but wasn't sure. I don't really want to spend a lot of money trying to make it really nice since it's just an old cabinet.

Thank you
Mike

 

[four.cycle]

Hello Mike and welcome to the site!

keep this link handy at all times

and this one too!

Sorry I have no idea who/what "P & D" was.
I'd start with "Dawn" and hot water and a rag!

 

[RTM]

Hello all!

This is my first post on the forum but I am a long time reader! I actually get the majority of my tool purchasing advice from this site!

Looks like official name was P&D manufacturing company. Looks like Berthold Danziger was one of the principals. Pifith (sic) the other. Acquired by Bendix in 1965

Another source says Peter Piffath below, which is the far more common spelling, used in many more locations, the other was only used in repetitions of a Trade COmission docket.

Directory Giving List of Companies Operating Blast Furnaces, Steel Plants, Rolling Mills and Allied Industries

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TC Publication

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An Introductory Guide to EC Competition Law and Practice

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P. D. Manufacturing Co., Inc. V. Federal Trade Commission

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Supposedly THEY HAD A PLANT AT 19-02 STEINWAY STREET IN Long Island city, New York, made FOMOCO parts, per this link

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/48226-p-d-manufacturing-co-any-info/

At least 1935 to maybe 1973 per google books.

Google Search

A recent book talking about them

Field Guide to Aftermarket Parts, 1946-1948 Dodge

This field guide gives the reader access to the largest parts store in the world for 1946-1948 Dodge Deluxe and Custom D24 models, with information from more than 200 aftermarket catalogs for Dodge parts made in the U.S.A. On-the-spot identification is made possible by part number listings...

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Gotta go walk the dog, you can dig into these links more.

 

[Provincial]

I have an older P&D cabinet. It has some damage, and is in storage. I'll be interested in seeing what you find out about them.

 

[rancherbill]

P and D Parts = Points and Distributor Parts.

The doors are full of boxes of points and the shelves are distributors, rotors, caps and wires.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/186050490827
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1969877195...FQ7zxuMtfIHOkhdqKjmzZqqk0=|tkp:Bk9SR8b99qmlZQ

 

[four.cycle]

P and D Parts = Points and Distributor Parts.

more likely the "P & D" is the first letters of the two founders last names:

Looks like official name was P&D manufacturing company. Looks like Berthold Danziger was one of the principals. Pifith (sic) the other. Acquired by Bendix in 1965

funny that in all my years in parts, I never heard of this company - ever.

 

[Beerhippie]

Hello all!

This is my first post on the forum but I am a long time reader! I actually get the majority of my tool purchasing advice from this site!

So here I am, I have had this cabinet in the back of my shop for years and I want to put it to work (it was actually left by the last owner). I have looked online and can't find any information about how old it is or really anything about P&D parts. I thought maybe I would throw it on here and maybe someone might remember seeing something like this back in the day and could shed some light on it.

Also what can I do to preserve the patina. I was thinking about good WD40 waxing but wasn't sure. I don't really want to spend a lot of money trying to make it really nice since it's just an old cabinet.

Thank you
Mike

I'd give it a good bath with some mild dish soap like Dawn, dry well, then a rub-down with mineral spirits (pretty much the same thing as WD40 but cheaper) and, after that dries, a coat or two of your preferred auto finish wax.

Nice find!

 

[1Bad55Chevy]

Looks like official name was P&D manufacturing company. Looks like Berthold Danziger was one of the principals. Pifith (sic) the other. Acquired by Bendix in 1965

Another source says Peter Piffath below, which is the far more common spelling, used in many more locations, the other was only used in repetitions of a Trade COmission docket.

Directory Giving List of Companies Operating Blast Furnaces, Steel Plants, Rolling Mills and Allied Industries

books.google.com

TC Publication

books.google.com

An Introductory Guide to EC Competition Law and Practice

books.google.com

P. D. Manufacturing Co., Inc. V. Federal Trade Commission

books.google.com

Supposedly THEY HAD A PLANT AT 19-02 STEINWAY STREET IN Long Island city, New York, made FOMOCO parts, per this link

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/48226-p-d-manufacturing-co-any-info/

At least 1935 to maybe 1973 per google books.

Google Search

A recent book talking about them

Field Guide to Aftermarket Parts, 1946-1948 Dodge

This field guide gives the reader access to the largest parts store in the world for 1946-1948 Dodge Deluxe and Custom D24 models, with information from more than 200 aftermarket catalogs for Dodge parts made in the U.S.A. On-the-spot identification is made possible by part number listings...

books.google.com

Gotta go walk the dog, you can dig into these links more.

That was some good information. If I read the tariff document correctly Bendix was only making the P & D like from 68 to 72? It was interesting to see they were making parts in Mexico. I would assume all of their competitors during that time were still producing parts in the US (standard, Delco, Motorcraft).

I have an older P&D cabinet. It has some damage, and is in storage. I'll be interested in seeing what you find out about them.

That cabinet is super cool! That logo looks to be much older and cooler then mine!