you can use your stock distributor to trigger many electronic upgrades. put a new set of points in and don't even worry about setting them, then wire up a GM module on a heat sink
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/...-points-dist.978979/
or get fancy & spendy and use an MSD or similar spark box
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