Pertronix Ignition: Help Me with Advice or sh*t on the product instead, both are welcome

I know, isn't that a terrible design?

 

still have mine in the box that i havnt got round to installing yet . looks easy as anything on the youtube videos then you hear stories like this . im really impressed by your knowledge of cars john . wish i was that smart even now . unfortunately im 51 and suffering really bad with memory loss .
things i used to know 20 years ago are completely gone now . oh well could be worse . glad you at least got it running .