Yo,Fordhog I've used MSD'sdistributor and ignition on a '50 flatty,absolutely fantastic,by the way,flat-o-matic makes great kits to use a c-4 auto or t-5 stick behind that slab head (flat-o.com) I think the guy runni'n flat-o-matic is Gene and he's real easy to talk to on the phone if ya want info.