It does run well when it's running, but it's not running now because it's not getting spark. The ballast resistor was deleted by the previous owner, so any number of things could be causing no spark.
For a few months, I was taking the battery out along with the distributor cap and some wires every time I would go out to start the car because I live in a sketchy part of town. One time that I reinstalled everything, the car wouldn't start, so it could be anything.
