[Bobs29ModelA]

Thanks to all of you for your suggestions and advice. Yes, it is no secret that I have changed-out a lot of things, all to no avail. However, all of the suggestions made in the last batch of posts have already been tested and/or otherwise checked, with good results. I should clarify that, when it was actually running for a few days, that was back on the original distributor with points... and only after I had bypassed the original armored cable set-up... because I had at first found the exact situation that "Steve Norcal" found... that is, that the "the hot wire to the points (under the point plate) was too close to the bottom plate causing it to short out", due to over-tightening of the armored cable. Once I did the bypass and got it running, I used a clear distributor cap on it and I could see that it had a very hot blue spark going on inside the distributor... the hottest it had ever been. A few days after that, it died on me again and has not run since. That was why I had decided to try going to an electronic distributor system and the Weber carb system... to try to get to something that was (theoretically) more reliable and less troublesome. I have since tried putting it all back to stock again, and yet it continues to refuse to start.

To answer some of the other suggestions... I do have power to the ignition switch (a new one) running directly from the battery post, as the instructions required. And, I've even tested it with the switch hanging down (away from the gas tank) but there was no difference, nor are there any signs of it ever shorting to the tank (due to the fact that I have it heavily-wrapped in electrical tape, as insurance). I've even tried it with the (new) ammeter removed from the circuit as well, as I've heard that those can cause problems as well.

And, again, we have proven fuel-flow; the rotor is turning just fine, and there is no condenser to worry about (at least in the new electronic distributor). And, the condenser was already replaced on the original stock distributor.

And, finally, I've already had two senior members of my local Model A club chapter come out and go over the car with me. These guys have over 75 combined years' experience with these cars... and yet they couldn't find anything obviously wrong with the car or in the way I had it put all together, even after all the testing and electrical readings we did.

It was because of the fact that it ran well for one week (before dying again) that I thought perhaps there might be an intermittent frame ground issue (due to theoretical flexing and potential corrosion in the frame joints where they meet and are riveted), so I then pursued trying the installation of multiple ground-straps throughout the frame and the engine block. Unfortunately, that hasn't helped whatever the real issue is, and I'm still back to square one...

Ironically, I've been a home mechanic for all of my life, and I've restored a few muscle cars recently, all with great results. This Model A, however, is far simpler than anything else I've ever worked on... yet it is the one that is giving me the most grief! Who woulda thought?