Locked out distributor...

Cudafever said

twelve volt source, timing light, and a helper raising the throttle would answer it. I can't say for sure.

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That’s why you put the ignition system on a distributor machine and test it. Then you know exactly what you have without trying to do it in the car and you exactly what happens at what RPM and if the box actually retards what it says it retards.