I would certainly choose a points / carb truck any day.
Ehhh,… I might take a carburetor over an EARLY fuel injection system but not a current electronic fuel injection system. Fuel injection has come a
LONG way. It now yields better fuel mileage AND far more power. No danger of washing the cylinder walls down with excess gasoline. Far less contamination of the oil. Cleaner and longer lasting spark plugs. No drivability problems during warm-up. No carb floats filling up with gas and sinking in the bowl. No needle valve headaches. No finicky chokes, less vacuum leaks. No gasoline boiling off after a hot shut down.
As for points, they’re great when they are properly set and maintained. In the hands of a mechanically inclined owner/operator – points are fine. In the hands of a driver that only looks at the ignition system when it fails, points leave a lot to be desired.
Crank trigger ignition and coil packs are actually MORE reliable than points and a distributor. Electronic switching doesn’t wear like mechanical points. Under high RPM’s you can “float” the points; that can’t happen with magnetic or optical triggers. The failure of a single coil pack out of 4, or 6, or 8 will not leave you dead in the water.
I am very familiar with carburetors and point type ignition systems. I can repair them if needed. I still have my timing light, vacuum gages, ignition wrenches, feeler gauges and I might even still have a dwell meter. Despite having those skills – I will still take the new unrepairable black box over the old systems.