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Well - first off, your awesome and every man's dream wife 'cause you work on cars! So, let's dispense with the "idiot" part and know that everyone on this site has lots of areas where we're lost! Don't ask me about transmission spags or front end alignments!!

Okay - here's the deal. You need 12 volts from the battery to the ignition switch. From the switch, you need to have a 12 volt source that comes "live" with the key in the "on" position (not to be confused with the terminal that come on temporarily when the key is in the "start" position). The 12 volt switched source goes to the ballast resistor and then to the "+" side of the coil. The "-" side of the coil goes into the distributor and ties into a terminal on the points as does the lead from the condenser. Set the points at .016 on the high side of one of the distributor cam lobes to get you started (fine tune with a dwell tach to 28-32 degrees with the car running).

Big fat wire goes from the coil to the distributor and you're off to the races and lookig might fine in the process!!

Good Luck!
Glenn