[Alan Roehrich]

For some odd reason, this happens to the orange 69 Camaro A/SA car on a regular basis. We've actually had to take it apart a couple of times, and clean the rust off with a scotch brite pad or a brass brush. We run the timing locked out. It happens whether the car sits, or it gets raced. I don't remember it happening to the green 69 Camaro SS/EA. That car uses a crank trigger, but is otherwise quite similar.

I do think that once the parts rust, no matter how you clean them, or even if you keep them lightly oiled, they will rust again. I've been considering replacing the internals.