Yep- - - - -mid 60's to mid 70's before the HEI came along. It's a piece of nickel/chrome wire about 6 feet long with heat-resistant insulation (woven fiberglass, I think) that doubles back on itself inside the wire harness for a couple of feet and goes from the ignition switch to the coil. Vehicles that run that wire have a second ignition switch terminal (IGN 2) that is only used during starting, that bypasses the resistance wire.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
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