Rooster, it is a 1967 Sunbeam Alpine. It came with a 1725cc 4-cylinder while the Tiger version came with a Ford 260 V8 and 4-speed, then later with a 289. I built a 1985 Ford Mustang 2.3 4-cylinder with a few mods to gain torque and horsepower. With an A4LD overdrive and 14" wheels (OEM were 13"), plus I built the engine for economy WITH ZERO COMPUTERS. I am an ASE certified mechanic who was a city shop superintendent working on emergency vehicles, and a licensed gunsmith working on officers firearms. My degree is in electronics, so I understand today's computer-controlled vehicles. For a daily driven vehicle without Fuel Injection, electronic timing, computer shifted transmissions, and multiple sensors, POINTS WORK GREAT. By design points make a longer spark than electronic ignitions, and if modified for a hotter spark, they improve combustion. The 2.3 I built has an improved points dizzy with copper wires and platinum sparkplugs. My thinking is simplicity, and having driven Street Rods all over the US with points ignition, I never had a points problem, but if it happened, they can be fixed in a few minutes beside the road...electronics can't. I'll try to attach pix of my work.
