I've had it with this car.

one side of the coil has power going to it
the other side of the coil goes to the points
and one side of the points goes to the coil
the other side of the points goes to ground
when the points are closed the power goes through the points to ground
when the points OPEN the power HAS TO go somewhere SO it goes THROUGH the coil where the voltage is increased and sent through the heavy center wire back to the distributor CAP, then through the rotor to the plug wire and finally to the spark plug