E.I. 225 Slant 6

I may go to HEI later, but for now, the price was right, and I don't have time to junkyard dive just yet for dizzys. I am still irked. The car is not really that cold blooded in the morning, but for some reason, will only stay started on the 2nd crank. You start it once, and it chugs like a train - like only 3 cylinders are firing or something, then dies at a varying amount of time. Then you re-start it and it fires immediately and runs perfectly. Only in the morning. The rest of the day it starts before you can even stop turning the key. I thought it was an ignition issue. Guess not.