If you have a distributor you need to make sure you're getting battery voltage to the coil. With the ignition switch in the on position and the points open you should have battery voltage on both small terminals. If you have voltage pull the coil wire from the cap and hold near a good ground. Then snap those points open and close a few times and see it get fire. Your posting is a little vague since you said you have nothing. Does that mean the engine won't crank over using the starter? Is it an A or a Super A? Your post calls for an A, but you are referring to your dad's Super A. The A could have a mag or a distributor. If its a mag or distributor you should clean the points with a point file or some 320 wet or dry. Then see if it will start. Hal PS: Point gap on a mag is .013" on a distributor its .020".
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