I f*in hate this car.

How 'bout dumping that money pit Volvo ?
Foreign cars -- excepting Japanese -- will turn on you after their 3rd birthday , and will eat you alive from that point on !
I like some of them , but wouldn't own one as a daily driver :D .

I'd be really , really surprised to find that your '76 was built with those delicious points . Maybe it's an export car originally ??
Ballast Resistors were used for both ignition systems ; 2-prong for breaker point , 4 prong with electronic .