Stubborn starting question...

I truly HATE chasing my butt around and around looking to solve a problem only to have another problem jump up and bite what's hangin' low. The first thing I would do is lose the points!!!!! Install a MOPAR electronic ignition (Yeah I know there are jillions of arguments to use something else, but millions of MOPARS have run many millions of miles with orange boxes) and fix the rest of the problems. Seems you have at least two not counting the points issue, so eliminate the easy one then diagnose and fix the others. I would go with a kit from a reputable dealer like Summit, Jegs, Mancini, etc.

BC