Thanks all. Will look at everything. Battery is still 100%, so it's not that. I did not do enough cranking to heat up anything, just long enough to hear if any cylinders would fire. There is no corrosion anywhere on this car but I'll double check on that, too. I'll look to see if fusible links are burnt out. I'm hoping that one wire only melted a little bit and just that one can be repaired. I'd hate to have to rewire the car. The plugs are wet and gritty with carbon. I'm betting the electronics is probably part of that and has been sending a weak spark. One is VERY oil soaked so I know what that means. Grrr. The time I drove it before this it ran PERFECTLY. Unbelievable for a 52-year-old un-rebuilt engine. (Though I did do a valve job on it 45 years—and 35,000 miles—ago and a timing chain about 10.)
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