The car would have been points, so I'm assuming you have added the 5 wire electronic harness to your oem harness? it has the 5 wire connector on the ecu end, a blue, black, green, and 2 together for the dist.

i am using the harness supplied with the kit i only meant the wiring to ballast and the rest of the car is original,yes the secondary will sit there and arc constantly regardless of dist. rotation , thats why i'm stumped. thought that the dist.should colapse the field as it rotates over the cam?
still continuity between coil + and intake or engine block for that matter and coil + and starter relay +

john