Thanks H.Deckler,

We pulled the valve cover and checked for stuck injectors. All 12 valves were free. I coated the valves and stems liberally with PBlaster, and proceeded to further analysis. We cleaned and removed all plugs and regapped all at 0.030&quot;. Before installing the plugs we filled the cylinders with a good amount of SAE30 oil for lubrication. We cranked the engine over about a dozen full revs, then flipped on the electric starter. We could not get it going, we had no spark. I opened up the distributor, cleaned the cap with some paper towels and gumout carb/choke cleaner, filled and adjusted the points which were waay out of time, the gap was nearly 3/8&quot;.  Gave the engine a crank, and still no spark. We figured it was a bad coil, grabbed the coil off of a Ford 8N next to it, still nothing. We took all of the coils home and tested them and they worked just fine. This Oliver Super 77 has a lot of cut and frayed wires, so it is going to be a fun guessing game to figure out how to get it running. 

We have the battery hooked up directly to the starter motor, as the wires which lead up to the battery under the hood must be faulty. If we put a good battery on those terminals, the starter doesnt go. If we hook the positive to the lug on the starter, and the negative to the block it turns over good and fast.

Chris