53 Caribbean Starting

Posted by Rob M On 2021/2/4 10:57:25

Howdy all, my first post here.
I am a close friend of a Packard collector who recently passed and I have been trying to get his vehicles up and running after a couple years idle. The '53 Caribbean is the one I have spent the most time fiddling with - it had a leak from the line into the fuel pump which I fixed. It turns over smoothly, and fuel is getting to the carb, but it never fires. I am assuming a coil issue at this point. Curious if anyone has any thoughts on chasing that down (should I just find and swap in a new coil and see?). I am a car guy and helped worked on his Packards as a kid, but it has been ~15 years since last time I was under the hood of a Packard so I am rustier than a NY junkyard car.

Also having issues starting a '47 8-passenger limo, and '40 180 but I'll save those for another day!