1. I do still have the original points distributor but it stopped working last fall. It was giving me intermittent spark. It was working fine until one cold rainy morning when I tried to drive it. I tried adjusting the points in it but was unable to get it to work.
2. I did try a stock GM HEI but because of the firewall shape wasn't able to get it installed and would need to adjust the firewall back by about two inches to get it in. With the original points distributor in there is only about an inch of clearance between the firewall.
