Here is an attempt to use some automotive points in a Atwater Kent timer. I suspect they found a disintegrating timer bushing, and not knowing how to resolve that issue, decided to adapt this set of automotive ignition points. If this motor would run, I didn’t try it, you wouldn’t be able to start the motor as intended, by bouncing it off of compression. It also would no longer run in reverse. It could only be started by spinning the motor in the forward rotation. It did have one of the factory rope pulleys but they are so small in dia. they are barely usable if the motor has close to new compression. The only thing salvageable from the original ignition was the timer case. Everything else was ruined.
A "Boathouse Repair" is one thats done without having tools or the skills to do it properly.