Opinion needed on fuel pumps

[Vanspeed]

Have a clients car in the shop that has had a history of hard starting. It is a ‘40 ford, still 6V. The owner lives out of state half the year and she always drained the battery trying to start it.

A previous shop has installed an electric fuel pump and bypassed the stock mechanical. There is no regulator. The pump looks like a Carter and from what I can tell they pump out 6psi, maybe more. I understand why the electronic pump was installed but without a regulator I don’t trust it.

I know a lot of guys that run the Airtex pump in conjunction with the stock pump (using the Airtex as a primer) and upon starting the electronic pump is turned off. I like this idea but I want to hear to yes’s and no’s of going this route. She only drives it occasionally when she is here. Could sit for weeks without being started.