Well gang my friend and forum member quigley1930 came over and we went through everything and it appears the problem has been discovered! Initially the car started and was performing well, he put a transparent dist cap on (neat) and we were scratching our heads after about 30 minutes was running great and then it died on us.
So we have good electrics and decided to swap the carb out. As I was
removing the fuel line at the carb my expert said "whoa" the fuel line I constructed prior to my problems was waaay too long. We broke out the grinder and took a good 1/4 off the end.
Started the beast up and it has been running for hours without so much as a whimper.
I put my Zenith back on and ran it for another hour and runs great. Pretty confident this is/was the culprit (of my own doing).
ttbirdtbird and Rex A. lot mentioned checking the fuel line but hey, I constructed it it must be perfect..therefore, I did not check it.
Back for another road test tomorrow. Considering this fuel line I constructed was along for all of my ill fated rides this has got to be it....!!