Thank you! I think I've found that out first hand.
Well I got the truck running!!!!!
My coil burned up because I didn't have the resistor between it and the battery. So we replaced it and got a resistor. The serious problem was that the jumper cables didn't send enough juice to get the motor turning. So we swapped them out for some new cables, and we got it turning.....and backfiring right away! So the neighbor helped us figure out the distributor was advanced by one plug. So we just changed the plugs all the way around, and it started right up!
Here's a link to a video of it running.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS1Yy...ature=youtu.be
We pulled the brakes off while we were frustrated with the motor yesterday. So We decided to pull the drums off and see if the wheel cylinders were alright. This is what we found....
No cylinder, and a zip tie holding the brake shoes together.