I guess mistake #1 is to assume that whatever was done to a car in it's past is done correctly.......The Nova had a problem starting when it was cold....It would Start and immediately shut off......now...I haven't driven it enough to understand it yet........this starting and shutting off thing bothered me and I wanted to correct it....at first I thought it was a Fuel Issue.......I was going to send the Carb to Eric and as I was getting ready to take it off I found my 66 Service Manual and decided to follow the specifications for setting the Carb........Humm!!........Everything O.K.......Let's see.....For the Engine to run, we need Fuel (O.K.).....Air (O.K.)......and Spark....Let's check the Spark....Pulled off the Cap and seen that someone in the past had installed one of the Early versions of a Pertronix Point conversion Kit......I had one of these in the Convert and knew that there was a newer version available that was better and I just happened to have one on the Shelf....So...I pulled the distributor and swithched to the newer version....as I was putting it back in I noticed that the Resistor wire was hooked up for a normal point operation......Makes sense that the ignition was getting a full shot of voltage while cranking from the Starter and when the Key was released it went to the Resistor wire (Reduced Voltage) and there wasn't enough voltage for the Pertronix system to function until the wire developed some heat??......Anyhow....Bypassed the resistor wire temporarily and everything is fine........
Ken (Learning every day)