Engine no longer missing

[Joe Martin Cantrell <agiyo@domain.elided>]

I recently described a pernicious, randomly occurring  miss in my '72 
Spider's engine, and asked for guesses.  The only suggestion I got was to 
use Bosch Platinum Plus-4 plugs.  Didn't have them handy, but I'd just 
found a brand new set of Bosch Platinums in the VCR tape rack, where my 
daughter and her  house organizing friend had stored them, and they made 
the miss noticeably worse.

Must not be the plugs.  I put the fairly new NGK's back in.

I had an old Crane nee Allison ignition installed, but had heard that they 
are, "Either good or bad, they either work, or they don't."  Well, not 
exactly.  Yesterday, we replaced the optical sensor and black box with 
points and condenser, and the car's running better than it has in a long, 
long time.

Learning point:  Electronic ignitions can go bad by increments, and like 
the frog in heating water, you don't know it's happening until you're cooked.

Someone out there will want to know this.

Cheers,
Joe
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