The Pertronix may not have died. It is likely she just got condensation in the distributor cap. When you put in the points, you let it dry out. Happened to my 69 Dart (w/ points) after a thunderstorm on the Gulf. A coworker just sprayed WD-40 inside the cap and it fired up. In the movie "Into the Wild" the kid thinks his Datsun died for good after the flood. If you read the book, the Park Rangers found the car, dried the distributor cap and it started right up. They drove it as a government car for decades, since the owner couldn't be found, and it was the most dependable vehicle they had.
