Nope, a bad condenser will generally leave you with no spark at all. If it's weak or underrated, you might get an occasional pop here and there as the points arc, but that is very unusual. Generally a condenser is good until it's totally bad.
An intake pop is usually a lean condition. It could be a plugged idle circuit in the carb, an intake gasket sucking air somewhere...something making one or more cylinders lean. I'd check the exhaust with a heat gun and see if any stick out as being hot. That might lead you to something.
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