Correct initial position for distributor

Hopefully OP is good to go?

Anyway, related............on the Hay Monster..........it appears the distributor was installed backwards. #1 plug wire is run to #6 position on distributor cap. The rest the same......all on opposite side of cap from where they should be. But she starts and runs.

Looks like I would have about 6 to 8 inches of vertical clearance above the distributor. If a guy wanted to rig it right, just lift it up, rotate distributor shaft to get rotor pointing towards #1 and drop it back in? Then run plug wires to where they should be?

Or go with "if it ain't broke don't fix it" option?