Karl Peterson wrote: "No rough idle, no pre-indications that
something is wrong.....it just dies, instantly and will not restart (but
will turn over fine) for about 15-20 minutes, then it fires right up
like nothing had ever happened."
I'm no mechanic but a similar thing happened with my 61 Coupe deVille on
its first few trips. The manager at NAPA overheard my mention of this
car dying on the road, and suggested changing the coil, and that fixed
it for good.
But, on my 58 Packard Coupe, we glided to a silent halt on the way back
from its first cruise night after an engine rebuild and couldn't even
get it to turn over. Another cruiser, with an extremely hopped up Dart,
stopped to help. He discovered the ground wire inside the distributor
was just flapping in the breeze, with no sign of the screw or washer.
Had it flat-bedded to the garage, and had the distributor removed, and
found the loose screw lying around in the bottom, with no other damage.
No doubt there will be a lot of other suggestions, but for $20 to buy a
new coil, it's worth a try (and it won't hurt to have a spare, if the
trouble lies elsewhere).
Dick Woodside
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