[NCGuy68]

Amen!! on that pesky resistance wire feeding 12 volts to the coil.

In the past, I've went to great lenghts to preserve/repair/restore that darn wire. The problem is the white/ivory woven outer covering. Its almost impossible to repair and make it look factory. Eventually, I searched the boneyards until I found a donor car with a unmolested engine harness. Using nearly surgical precision, I was able to splice in the donor wire and slip the soldered connection back under the factory black wrap along with the white covering.

I've performed this repair on several vintage cars with no problems to date. The key is to use electronic solder on the connection so you don't knock the resistance of the wire outta wack.