Re: Distributor wiring
The original configuration was made to discourage theft. The distributor had to pulled from the engine to unscrew the armored cable. Without the pop-out ignition switch popped out the wire to the distributor was grounded. This made if very difficult to hot wire.
Fhane, post #6, had a good point. Without the spring for the top plate there would be a lot of vibration there, which could effect the grounding of the fixed point.
With the stock condensor and points, this "fix" would not work.
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