Dumb Coil wiring question

It will start and run, but the spark polarity will be wrong, which will wear plugs and reduce performance.

I don't know how much simpler it can get - goes to the box, + goes to the downstream side of the ballast.

This diagram was just posted this morning by ABodyJoe and is excellent. I cropped it some

"S" Start represents the factory brown bypass wire coming out of the bulkhead, provides hot 12V for start

"R" Run represents the factory "run" wire coming out of the bulkhead, supplying the ignition and regulator