i did somemore reading on the pertronix and did some testing and found out my resistance wire had only having 4.5 to 6 volts to the dist. intermitantly. So the pertronix requires 12 volts and rehooked it back up and ran fine today. Will have to keep driving it to see if it cured the problem. Thanks for all the inputs. I rebuilt the carb also and runs alot better. The car is going down for the winter and getting a fresh paint job since the primer is starting to show from the original paint job. Scott, any parts you have for sale? Interior pillar post?