From what I can see, a single wire from the ignition goes to one side of a resistor, and from there to the (+) on the coil. The (-) on the coil goes to the points and condenser. Is there supposed to be a secondary wire directly from the ignition switch to ignition coil on these cars? It seems that there is no power making it's way to the distributor.

I'm getting frustrated, but I'm trying to make a learning process out of this instead of giving up. We have a 4.5l with complete wiring harness in the garage and at this point it seems like swapping that in would be a lot easier than dealing with this issue. At least I know that engine was running great before we pulled it and have experience with D-Jetronic. But I'm determined to figure this problem out.