Quote Originally Posted by falconvan
I had the same problem on a 65 Chevy truck and it turned out to be a short in the ignition circuit. Run a 12 gauge wire from the hot side of the battery to the + post of the coil with a toggle switch and ballast resistor in between. (take the old wire off of the + post, also) use the switch for your ignition on/off. Drive it a while and see if the problem goes away.

.. New coil and points now the car wont start at all but will turn over. I chked the power to the + side of coil with old and brand new one on and its only reading 6 volts however battery is at 12. Is this normal or can we put this to the switch?