We're educating rookies here, guys. The "cap" is part of the distributor, right? It was static timed and had the points set a couple of days ago during a long phone call. There's plenty of spark from the coil center wire to ground during cranking. 120+ compression on all cylinders, so the rings and valves must be pretty close.
Jerry

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