new member with 74 dodge dart starter problems

gunbunny said
It's a 74, it wouldn't be the seat belt interlock maybe?
That usually won't allow the engine to turnover. So, I would look at the ballast resistor. A continuity tester across the leads will determine that in a big hurry. I carry a spare in the glove box.

Agreed, start there and work towards the distributor tracing power.
You can also use a jumper wire and go off the battery positive to the coil pos and see if it fires then.
If it does, then you know the major components are ok, just a matter of the power getting to them.