Won't start one day and fires up first crank next day

So to simplify this. Yes you are correct.
The only, but important, downside to this scheme is powering an electric choke through the ballast resistor.

Factory '69 scheme is like this.
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Probably the best place to draw power for the choke will be at the Regulator's terminal. That way the additional current for the choke heater will flow through wire J2 which is 16 gage, and not J2A which is I think is only 18 gage.

Factory location for the ballast was under the lip, protected from rain and snow.
See here for illustration.

I do understand that the choke shouldn't be powered from that point on the ballast and will be disconnected tomorrow(not needed for now). The shop that worked on my car installed the ballast and made a lot of bad choices as well as shitty work.