I just bought my Pantera and information on the engine is limited. The person I bought it from only had the car around a year (or less) and never tried to start it. Apparently, it was parked some 5 years ago and while I'm told it was running when parked, I'm beginning to wonder.
It seems to have good compression. I've replaced the plugs just because. I do have spark. I just poured fuel down the carb for now but nothing, not even a hint of wanting to fire. The point and condenser look to be brand new which makes me think they tried to fix it but maybe didn't get anywhere.
After searching the forum, I'm seeing that the roll pin holding the distributor gear may be a problem. I turned the engine to TDC and it sure looks like the rotor button is pointing about 30% off. Is this enough that I should suspect the roll pin is sheared?
The point and condenser look to be brand new which makes me think they tried to fix it but maybe didn't get anywhere.
For what it's worth, this appears to be the stock single point distributor.
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