1974 D300 360 fresh rebuild will not start

So, is it runnin?
Negative :( When I tested the spark yesterday, I sure didn't see a fat blue one, just a snapping noise. Albeit, it was very bright outside, midday.... Taking down some trees today and tomorrow, so I can barely make my wrists work to type. Wife is getting her motorcycle license this weekend so I have some time to stew on things. I'll keep ya updated. You will be the freakin first to know if it gets running.

Electrical. I've memorized the entire electrical diagram with how many times I've gone through it. New ballast resistor, new ICU, new ignition, bypassed the firewall connections for ignition. Doing all this DID increase the cranking (ignition 2) from about 6 volts to the coil, now it's up to about 9.8 but seems to be inconsistent, or I've had another electrical gauge go wonky on me.