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Car is running well now.. I believe it was the condenser that was this issue .. Has about 2 hours of run time with no obvious problems.. Accelerates briskly under full throttle with no hesitation. Idles smoothly. Discovered a a vacuum leak once I had managed to get it running. After having...

after cleaning and re-gapping plugs, ensuring timing was where it should be, checking the points gap, and the condenser.. actually had the original condenser saved on the shelf , tested it and replaced the new one I had installed last year when I did the major tune up. Result was.... car started...

Will check.. but everything is new.. could be defective i suppose... have a spare older set which was on engine from 25 years ago

Gas was/is fresh... will go out tomorrow and remove clean plugs and check gap again. do compression check.. check and adjust points .. check timing with the marks and ensure distributer is properly in the right place. keep my fingers crossed.

Heads were magna fluxed to check for cracks.. When the car was first started after 25 years, ran well with one tick ( one lifter needed to be replace as it was broken) and white smoke was present from right hand side exhaust.. New head gaskets solve that problem... wanted heads checked to see...

Car was running fine.. started a short journey and engine performed nicely... after about 25 minutes of easy driving the engine stated to "buck" and then miss .. I managed to keep it running for a short time by pumping the accelerator.. may be cause of this action it started to backfire though...