well thanks for the advice, but after mucking with it all day yesterday and all morning and the better part of the afternoon today i think i will be better off just to tow it. it's times like these i wish i had joined the chess club instead of reading car magazines when i was younger!
thanks anyways for the advice!

Check the dwell and or points gap and the timing first. Then if the carb isn't gunked up fill it with some fresh gas. Spark does sound weak.

Tom

so i bought a 72 1200 coupe, and i need to get it running to bring it to my garage. while working on it today i found that it turns over easily(it's been parked for years, not sure how long) all 4 spark plugs produce a bright orange spark, and i'm still not sure about the fuel pump, but i tried starter spray and gas directly into the carb.
so i'm not sure what my problem could be? i think that i should be getting a bigger spark(blue even?) and i'm not sure if the wires are in the correct order

any advide would be great thanks!