There should be a screw hole in the breaker plate for the condenser bracket, as well as an alignment pin (or 2) to hold the bracket point the right direction.
I should have a bracket & screw here somewhere.
Plus, with the points & condenser, you can mount the RF Interference cover over them. I should have that too.

Here's the bracket for the condenser, as well as the RF shield.  The kind of rounded part of the forward part of the shield allows access for dwell adjustment.

The slight indentation at the top of the bracket prevents the condenser from sliding out.  If I recall, this photo is kind of shows the bracket from the firewall side, it normally has the screw out towards the outside edge of the breaker plate.

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Here's the bracket for the condenser, as well as the RF shield.  The kind of rounded part of the forward part of the shield allows access for dwell adjustment.

The slight indentation at the top of the bracket prevents the condenser from sliding out.  If I recall, this photo is kind of shows the bracket from the firewall side, it normally has the screw out towards the outside edge of the breaker plate.

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 That RF Shield must be very hard to find !

The rf shield was only used on cars with the windshield antenna.

It does make sense as the antenna would be so close to the distributor.

I found a bracket in the third box of the 3 NOS condensers.

This set may find its way onto my other engine despite the objections of all the MSD fans.

I used to be able to eyeball my point setting when installing them. Double checked with Cadwell meter and was usually within a couple degrees. Spec is 28-32 degrees.

I think I sense the coming of a points renaissance right here, right now.

I'm buying a dwell meter.

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Stopped in to see an engine guy about getting real GM exhaust manifold bolts and mentioned the points.

 

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 I might have a set. Do you need the ones with the flanged head or are they the regular ones? (with the shallow thread of course because they are for exhaust)

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 They should be flanged head.

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Stopped in to see an engine guy about getting real GM exhaust manifold bolts and mentioned the points.

 

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 I might have a set. Do you need the ones with the flanged head or are they the regular ones? (with the shallow thread of course because they are for exhaust)

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 They should be flanged head.

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 The white car has a combination of both. Strange but true.

I would like to use the flange bolts.

I recently bought a dwell meter for just this;
I have not previously EVER set dwell... just manually gapped points and called it a day.

Those RFI shields are a rare curiousity, because as I understood it that they were often tossed in the garbage with the first points change.

interesting post, in fact i'm presently rebuilding a "w" motor for my 62 impala and will be using a point distributor. After my HEI died on me on a cruise and i had to get a tow home.the "cutter " module wire open- 

circuited (weakest link in a HEI) .you can't fix that on the side of the road ,where as points you can. I plan on using a MSD blaster 2 coil and set the points at 32 for best saturation. lol i am guilty of tossing those 

shields they were a pain.