I put in the coil and the module. As normal for me, not without some kind of a pain. No, not the wires, I numbered them and marked where #1 goes!
I put in the module, the keeper on the pickup connector broke. No big deal, the connector seats pretty firm, and there's really no room for it to back off. Fished around and got the broken plastic piece out of there. So, that went reasonably well. My only worry was over torquing the screws holding the module. I tend to want to make things REALLY tight.
Next the coil. This was the pain. I bought a Mallory. It's a well made unit that's completely unsuitable for my use. It came with it's own cap, and the cap fit over the outside of the top of the distributor cap. This decreased the space between the cap and the spark plug terminals by the width of the plastic, about 1/8" I'd guess. But that's not the worst of it. There's an over hang that covers the terminals that doesn't come off. Putting the plug wires on with this thing in place would be impossible. The only way to do it would be put the wires on, then put the coil on. Not for me, no thanks. So, off to Summit Racing to return it.
Summit Racing is great, and they didn't give me any trouble. BUT, there was a car show, a big car show, and I didn't have time to stay and look. So, I parked across the street and fought the crowds to get a trade. I got a Pertronics, seemed decent enough.
Came home popped it in, put the wires on, and she started right up. I only had time for a short cruise. So, I haven't had time to heat it up good and be sure it's fixed, but I'm pretty optimistic.
Thanks for the help.

Pertronixs is big in the Ford world. They make an electronic ignition conversion for old school points/condenser systems. It has a great rep.

Sucks when you ride by a car show can can't stop...

Glad you got it running, tho!!!

I would expect it to be fine.

Especially when the car show is right where you were going in the first place! There was a 57 Chevy I got a glimpse of, someone painted it Atomic Orange, the hood was open, total chrome under the hood, it was gorgeous! Lots of deals, and cool stuff going on, didn't make me happy to have to rush so I could get home, and go to dinner with friends. Oh well, there will be others.

Yeah, I think it will be good. It felt good on the test drive. I'm going to drive her to work tomorrow.

Glad you got it running!

I'm debating what to tackle tomorrow - fuel pressure regulator or shocks....

Matthew

I've done shocks. I know those are pretty easy. The cleaning took the most time.

Can't tell you about an afpr. When you do that, let me know how difficult it is.

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I've done some Pertronix conversions on Ford 4 cyls. with extremely good results v.s. the points. These motors get the timing set at 4,000 rpm. With points, the timing mark jumps around quite a bit, with the Pertronix, it's dead steady.