I'm positive that the distributor is in the right way. When I had the timing cover off, I put it at TDC (cam and crank timing marks both at 12 O'clock) and lined up and marked the distributor then.
I was a bit startled when physhy said the marks were both straight up when he had the timing cover off and wondered if it was timed correctly. For #6 yes but not for #1. Mike