well. that's it. I'm officially stumped. Swamped in the new coil that is supposedly the right one this time, no spark still. Swapped out Hoppy's points dizzy for a spare that came on the other poly, still no spark at the plugs. Only thing left that I can think of is plug wires, which are also brand spanking new, though they are cheap ones. Taking a break, then gonna swap those out for a set of my 408 which runs, so I know those are good.