MOPAR suggested reading?

father/son project, nothing wrong with that. the white thing was probably a ballast resistor, it drops the voltage down so you do not cook your ignition coil, they are known to break when they get wet, and if you do not know how to bypass it or carry a spare you will be walking... as far as reading, you are on the most informative A-body site around, just start reading and using the search feature. lot of really good, knowledgeable folks here....WELCOME TO FABO...