not terribly unusual, the movement necessary for the vacuum advance can create some wear in 50 years grin as long as it still runs fine I wouldn't worry - if it gets real bad you might need a ground wire on it as I did on a 46 once, still worked fine and stayed timed

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics