Want my engine to start for Christmas

Post back if you get hung up. If you learn to set a breakerless dist. you can actually get it pretty close. You can slowly advance / retard the thing "slower and slower" with the ignition powered up, to get a "pop" spark out of the coil. Each time you move past the trigger point. You move it towards "advanced" last and try to "note" where it popped. You can get within just a few degrees

ALSO Crackedback (member) has pointed out that you can also get it close, and then check it cranking on the starter.