All, I finally got time, a few minutes a day, actually, and got the distributor back into the 68. New wires, and a little gas, and it lit off. After a little warm-up stumbling, it settled down. I set the timing, and factoring out the badly leaking exhaust, it really sounds good. Smooth idle, no stumble on takeoff (though I only drove it about half a mile, very gently). Regardless, this is closer to what I hoped for, and other than the time spent really angry, only amounted to a good tuneup. Brakes seem fine, but I want to have a look before I drive much. Then tires, and it may be ready to drive. Lots of things to fix or tweak, but I can. Michael 68 Crown that runs ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm