Pertronix will likely have "electronic points" to replace the old points and condenser, but you still need the vacuum advance to work.  I have had Pertronix on my MGBs for many, many years and they work great. www.pertronix.com.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Mike Riley
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 5:31 AM
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Subject: esoteric question about 1.9 distributor

anybody graft a hall sensor into a type 1 distributor to get rid of the vacuum nightmare of the 1.9 distributor?
mike