very well could be. They usualy fry points when their rooted too.

Wouldnt hurt to do a full tune up while your at this stage. New points, capasiter(condencer), plugs etc.
ALWAYS renew your capasiter whenever you do points. Just get a 1200 capasiter from your parts shop, same thing! Or anything that looks like the one you have(wire length etc), their all the same pretty much.

No worries cheers mate, I only got tune a few weeks ago (points etc..) but couldnt hurt to replace em too just incase.

Heres hoping this works I hate having to bludge lifts to and from work

The rubbing block on new points tends to wear very quickly at first & this can really mess with the ignition function, so along with ensuring that you have a new condenser, make sure that you still have the correct point gap.
Once all of this is established, you will need to re-check the timing as it changes with the points wearing.

Got a new condensor and still nothing so now ive decided bugger it and got a mechanic coming round to look at it, hopefully he can sort it out!!!!

A good way to identify if your condensor is stuffed is to check the contact sufrace of the breaker points. If it is a light smokey grey then it is all good. If it is a bluish colour then the condensor is crook. Also check that the points are correctly gapped at 18thou or 0.45mm. Also with new points there is a coating on the contact face that requires rubbing off prior to fitment (clipping the points on your T shirt and a quick rub does the trick) and a little bit of high temp grease where the rubbing block runs on the dizzy lobe goes a long way to the longevity of the points. Other than that not much else can go wrong with a dist or coil. It always pays to make sure your dist has 12V going to it. The coil may never have been at fault.

Well its all sorted I got a mobile mechanic round and he got her goin not 100% sure what the go was as I wasnt there at the time, I think a mixture of things though. At least I have a car again yay!!!!