Long story short I still have no spark. The inside of the distributor cap looks pretty corroded, so I tried pulling the wire from the coil cover to the dist. cap and trying to get a spark from there (trying to arc it off the side of the engine block) but still no spark. The connection in the coil cover looks pretty good, and the inside "tab" that touches the coil itself is bright, shiny copper. (The coil cover could be original. It has the old IHC trademark instead of the IH "man on a tractor" logo) I did knock the glaze off the dimple on the coil, and on the rotor button.
The only thing I can think of is the coil itself. What else should I look for?
Boss I wish that auction with the white Super A had been before your Cubfest--then I would have had some help!

Al