Had a little luck today diagnosing the problem with the information Peter provided. I unhooked the switch gear and wired in series a 1 ohm resistor from the connection block (#7) to coil lead #1. The coil gave out a spark to ground. Sure glad to see that. However the car did not start.

Before doing any of that, I verified that the points were hooked up and installed correctly. I set the gap at 0.030" at one of the high points on the distributor cam. I checked the voltage with the points closed from the connection block (#7) to ground. There was no voltage. When I check from the switch gear (#7) to ground the voltage was equal to the battery voltage.

Also the voltage from the coil leads (#1 and #15) also measured as the battery voltage with the points closed.

Based on the results, I am assuming that the switch gear is defective. Can anyone verify?

Thanks so far
Dana