Slant Six Points Ignition Trouble
I have a friend who is a retired professional mechanic; still has a shop but works almost exclusively on old Studebakers. He knows how to convert to electronic ignition, and has done so on customer Studes, but really prefers points, which he runs on all of his own cars (other than his new minivan). He also doesn't like Holley carbs or hot cams or loose torque converters. Whatever, he's still a damn good mechanic, and his cars run well. Me - I don't leave anything stock. I converted my slant six Valiant to electronic ignition in 1991 and have had zero problems with it since. And after I converted my 49 Dodge to 12 volt negative ground, I also converted it from points to an HEI electronic ignition I got from Langdon Stovebolt. Didn't really need to; just did. Electronic ignitions perform better at higher rpm - especially compared to single point - but that's really not a consideration for most slant sixes, and certainly isn't for my flathead six. They also are lower maintenance, although most collector cars these days don't get driven often enough for that to be much of an issue, either. So, you can keep the points, or you can update. My two cents. . . .