Palolo, LOL, funny guy :-) That's junior, who was having a great time :-)

I do have a Pertronix ignition, but I was just thinking that maybe I should disconnect the wire that goes to the negative side of the coil from the car's harness. That way if the something happens with the stock 'box' it won't kill the ignition. Also, do I need to bypass the resistor to get full voltage to the coil? My car seems to have two resistors, FWIW.

This evening I put the coil wire on the air cleaner housing like I did when it quit running and I got spark, so there is a good chance that it was ignition related.

I also tested the distributor advance, and it would not go past 17 degrees BTDC! So the distributor is on the bench now, I lubed the advance weights with lithium grease and worked them back and fort a lot of times, I think they are free now.
BTW, the vacuum retard only works at idle, right?

The other things that could stop a car from running are the FI relay and the fuel pump relay, I think both would be pretty hard to diagnose on the side of the road. Do those go bad? Would it be worth replacing them with modern relays?
Thanks,

Csaba