Nicks Garage, 572 HEMI, Here we go....

I take it the motor was in the car and running then.

You have to wonder why the distributor would have gotten pulled out, then reinstalled 180 out.
Obviously, it hadn’t run since whenever that happened.

What did you end up using for an ignition box when you ran it?

The bottom line is, once the owners take possession of them……..you have no idea what happens.
Yes the engine went into a 70's Challenger and was driven to some car shows and cruise nights. I went to his place on intial fire up in spring of 2021 and it was anti-climatic to say the least.

I do want to know why the distributor was removed at all. The only think I can think of is maybe they primed it? And then didn't check timing? That makes no sense.

The ignition box is the 6AL-2 Programmable that Nick eventually hooks up in the video--Yes it has a custom curve in it and unless he is capable of hooking up a laptop and looking at it, he is better off to run it off his box and just run the locked out distributor, or change the distributor to a conventional one. The distributor should have never been touched in the first place. I also don't see the seller ever having the distributor out...So..... J.Rob