Ken G's Journal

So got it home and started to look into what I've gotten myself into. Cleaned up the carpets and vacuumed the interior. The floor pans are rusted and there were a lot of interesting electrical "modifications" . The fuel pump was directly wired to the battery using a household switch and there were cut wires everywhere in the engine compartment. The distributor was a 25D that had parts from a 45d in it.
The battery was turning the car over but even with starter fluid it wasn't starting.
I replaced the full ignition system with new coil, distributor, wires and plugs, set the timing many times and while it kept turning over it would only start using starter fluid.