It seems like it has been YEARS since I had anything of my own to post here!
Yesterday my wonderful wife Christine bought me a shiney new Optima for the Ugmo! I ripped out miles of PO "electrical en GIN ear ing", replaced the points and condenser and "jumped" across the fuel pump relay and turned the key!
IT FREAKING STARTED!!! The sound so foriegn to my ears that it quite frankly startled me!!
I am gaurdedly optimistic about this... I think I will have myself a progress thread!
woo hoo!