The dealer gave me the old rotors and caps.

What is strange is that if I put a timming light on the two small "supply" wires that connect to the coil (not the coil/distributor wire) I get an intermitent problem....at that same moment I get a mis / stumble in the motor. I am convinced it is a ignition problem...!

The hard starting baffles me, I replaced the sensor and it made no difference.

Thanks for all the replies.
I just built a code reader....will advise.