electronic ignition in an early A

"Ready-to-Run" Chinese distributor ($45)

…is also "Ready-to-fail". Without warning. At random. And then won't you feel just ever so smart for having bought a cheap Chinese trinket instead of a real car part.

One guy makes an alum plate that bolts under a slant distributor to mount a GM 4-pin module.

…which is about the worst possible place to put an ignition module on a Slant-6.