Vintage Aircraft

Looking for distributor caps to fit your vintage aircraft? We manufacture quality caps - KMC Authentic Reproductions^®.  Below is a listing of distributor caps by vintage aircraft.
To order, call (888) 243-0440 toll-free (US) or (972) 243-0440 Canada & International.

Curtiss FL-5L
Curtiss HS-1L
Curtiss HS-2L
DeHavilland DH-4
Handley-Page O/400
LePere 11
Loening OA-1

Curtiss FL-5L

Curtiss HS-1L

Curtiss HS-2L

DeHavilland DH-4

Handley-Page O/400

LePere 11

Loening OA-1

Distributor Cap Assembly
Ready-to-install, completely assembled unit includes: distributor cap, original type coil and brush plate, high tension knobs, low tension knobs.

Distributor Cap w/ HT Knobs
Includes: distributor cap and twelve (12) high tension (spark plug lead) knobs.

Coil/Brush Plate Assembly
Includes: original type coil mounted on phenolic plate with carbon contact brush.

Coil
Includes: original type coil with phenolic end caps for mounting to original coil/brush plate. Does not include: metal or phenolic chims, phenolic alignment tubes, metal end pieces or centre rod and nuts.

Low Tension Knob
w/ Spring & Strap

High Tension Knob (each)

Rotor

About the Liberty Engine

The Liberty 400-horsepower (298-kilowatt) V-12, was one of the most powerful engines of the First World War. Designed to be mass-produced with interchangeable parts, the Liberty became the standard wartime aircraft engine, produced by Packard, Lincoln, Ford, General Motors (Cadillac and Buick), Nordyke and Marmon. It was used most often on the DH-4, the only U.S. made aeroplane to go into combat on the Western Front. More than 13,000 engines came off the assembly line before the Armistice, and more than 20,000 were built by the time wartime production ended early in 1919.

Following the war, the United States Army Air Corps and Navy used the engine for more than a decade in numerous types of airplanes. Some engines were eventually released to the civilian market as war surplus and a number were illegally used in speedboats for "rum running" during the Prohibition era of the 1920s. The Liberty proved its' versatility and longevity being modified into air cooled and supercharged versions, others for marine use.  Produced under license until the middle of the Second World War, it was also a successful tank engine, last used by the British Cruiser Tank Mk III.

Kip Motor Company was asked to reproduce the Liberty V12 cap in the summer of 2005.  After a period of extensive research, tooling was fabricated and production of new distributor cap assemblies and rotors began in October 2005.  Kip Motor Company would like to thank Kay Engineers Ltd (UK), for their assistance and loan of original samples, allowing this project to move forward.

Questions? Call the experts at Kip Motor Company.
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