Points are inside the distributor. They help create the spark. Get an Assembly manual. Shop manual is online. With what you want to do, reading and studying is a must. Read the whole shop manual. Read Tim's entire website and all it's links, charts, parts list and manuals. He has done a lot of work to present that info. He has 1954's so he will know everything. Learn about the distributor and tune ups.
You may be as green as your truck, so get educated with the basics because you have a lot of things to do over the next few years to get it to restored quality. Maybe not Barrett Jackson but really nice.
Everything you need is available from half a dozen vendors.....and Rockauto and local auto parts.
Eventually you will have to clear out a lot of floor space and shelf space, take pics and bag and tag every nut, bolt and parts.
You will be rebuilding:
1. Fuel system from tank to carb
2. Entire brake system
3. Wiring
4. Cooling system
5. Body work/rust repair
6. Bed
7. Much misc, wipers, heater, steering, shocks, gauges, clutch, wheel bearings, switches, generator, starter, fuel and oil pumps............
Hundreds of guys on here have done all of it, some have even been instructors and mechanics. We all started with no knowledge. Albeit at all ages.
Can you explain or show what you mean about "holes in frame"?
A main piece of advice: do not buy a bunch of parts ahead of time. That is not productive. Work is productive. Buy them as you proceed to each system. It's fun to order and open the packages, but they sit a loooooong time. Parts get improved and methods develop and life changes.
Depending on what you are going to do yourself, there are tools you need to be productive. Some are not cheap.
Pretty cool truck.
