Electronic Vs. Points

so I had a guy show up today ....a friend of one of my customers. I must be getting old because I would consider him a KID(high school kid). He has a 74 dart sport 318/ auto and it runs and drives nice......overall nice car.

The reason he contacted me is because he wants me to do some mods to the car, so I said "ok, what do you have in mind?"

He says: "I want to get rid of the electronic ignition"

So I say: "what kind of setup do you want to replace it with?"

he says: "points, just like the older and more powerful cars"

I say: "uuhhh, I am pretty sure the electronic set up on this car is pretty good and not sure I ever heard of someone wanting to do this modification"

He says: "I heard points are better for extreme high performance and the smog stuff in this car is junk and I am planning to mod the engine for 400 HP down the road"

Soooo before I committed yes or no, I told him I would research a bit but I didn't tell him I found the idea very odd.

Is there any good reason someone would get rid of the factory electronic for points??

I can understand a fancy MSD or aftermarket thingy but POINTS!!???!!!??