just cant get the car to run right

RedFish said

I just noticed in one of the picks that the spark advance is rotated way back toward the firewall. That suggests to me that the timing is set too low.

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I think someone didnt put the engine back together correctly, its timed at 10-12 degrees BTDC. The short time that it was running good it seemed to run fine, so i put it back there when i put the new distributor in.