Thanks. I called the shop and they said yes they cleaned up the wiring and noticed that the wire for the 12v source was being shared with the electric choke and we thought that wouldn't work very well. Hey did we forget to tell you that? (YES!)

So my suspicion about being shared with the choke was validated. I want to get rid of that and start over. Problem is I don't know where to start and I think it would benefit from a dedicated 12v source (nothing spliced together)as my understanding is that the pertronix II wants 12v like an HEI. Thoughts?