interesting...all new stuff with power at the coil and no spark

starts acting up, worsens, then fails.

I would be looking for bad/broken wires in the harness..
Over the last few days I've pulled the harness out of the engine bay and looked it all over. I put it back without the conduit and tape for visual help. It now has a new starter too, not rebuilt. I replaced the grounding wires from the battery. Now the starter clicks only. The original 87 service manual says the coil should have power to both sides and the distributor has power going to it. The neutral safety switch in the transmission is secured well and after that ???? What's next?