Rebuilt NAA ran then stalled -no spark

Okay, heres the history. Tore my 54 NAA down this winter to repaint and fix minor leaks. It ran fine prior to tear down. Removed all electrical and gas componets.

First I should say thats its 12volts and that it was 12v prior to any work this winter. I started it yesterday for the first time, started right up after about 1 second and ran for 30 seconds then stalled. Wouldnt restart until I let it sit for 1 minute. After restart it ran for another 30 seconds then stalled. Now it wont restart and I cant get a spark at the plugs.

This is what I know: Its getting plenty of fuel, filters are clean at bowl and carb and getting fuel out of the plug at the bottom of carb when the plug is loose. Definetely no spark at the plugs when the plug is removed and the plug is grounded to the block. I'm getting 10.5 volts to the coil when the engine is cranking. When all wires are removed from the coil, I have 1.8 ohms across the two terminals. When I rewired things this spring, the post on the side of the distributer was loose. I pulled the cap and relaced the wire inside that goes from the post to the condensor. The post had a leather pad that seemed in bad shape.

Should I have replaced the leather pad or is something else going on here? Is my spark being grounded out there? Is theres something else electrically that I should check or look at?

Any help you guys can give is much appreciated and I'll definetely let you know what the fix is when I find it.

Thanks again.

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