New straight six from Mazda

here's the old 4.3 with the even fire crankshaft but no balance shaft, on the later models you'd see the balance shaft above the tin retainer for the roller lifters

The final chapter in the old cast iron GM 90* V6 design was written by of all companies, Mercruiser, what they did was design their own version of the latest GM 4.3 V6, with a bigger bore, same split journal crankshaft, same balance shaft, updated cylinder heads, and modern engine management, if you look at the parts breakdown you'd swear they bought the old tooling from GM when they stopped making the cast iron V6s. Still all cast iron, used in sterndrive applications. I guess they thought the old GM engineering was good enough!
GM version used by Mercruiser:
Genuine Mercury Marine parts, large inventory, fast shipping. CYLINDER BLOCK AND CAMSHAFT (mercruiserparts.com)

Mercruiser's own "new" V6:
Genuine Mercury Marine parts, large inventory, fast shipping. Cylinder Block, Camshaft, Crankshaft, and Balanceshaft (mercruiserparts.com)

the parts for this new engine from Mercruiser are MUCH more expensive than what GM charged for theirs!
Merc's price for a new long block is about 9 grand, you could buy GM's version brand new for less than half of that when it was still in production (I think 2014 was the last year they built them).

Well those of us with Chevrolet V8s small block or big block did the points without pulling the distributor because reinstalling it was a bit of a nuisance. Take an old seat cushion lay it across the air cleaner and lay on top of the engine. The later Delco points set ups had the points & condenser mounted on a single plate & there was the Allen adjustment that allowed you to get it close so the engine would start & then set it with the engine running with the dwell meter. Back then this was one big advantage that GM V8s had vs FoMoCo & Mopar. While Chevy, Pontiac & Olds had the distributor in the rear, Buick & Cadillac the distributor was right up front. Very easy…until we got HEI in 1975. This were good but the modules could fail with no warning but again very easy to replace.
My old boat with the 1988 Chevy 4.3-4bbl has a Prestolite points distributor with mechanical advance. Very simple easy to maintain. If I repower I might try an electronic Delco EST marine unit.
About 1974 or so the points failed on my 1965 VW Beetle 1200 and I changed the points on the side of the road on the way home from college. Always carry spares lol!