Pulled spark plugs to find the mis....

trout willy- yes the engine has been running while setting timing but I didn't know there was a method to aiming the timing light at the balancer while twisting the dist.

Lakeside ramblr - I'm dying to finally drive this car too after all this work!!! Beleive me, I'm the one person besides you that's dying to know, when I do, ill let you know brother! 

Softbuster-  " what's next on the agenda?" well after figuring out the weld through primer situation, before I even knew about weld through primer I was using regular primer and paint, and watched it get destroyed thinking "huh, don't know what I'm supposed to do about that problem" yesterday I used "dominion seal" brand, and it was a copper type, and I calmly watched the heat from the welder blast it to holy helll, so now I'm going to try and use VHT brand, and go from there. I got lots more welding to do, "crazy fabricating" is what someone told me I will have to do when I weld the bottom part of the cavity, (weird double floor near end of drivers and pass side of floor) while lying on my back under the car outside, welding that close to my face for more then two hours at night was crazy. Hope I don't run into any more problems with the welding department, it's not a easy job. 

Farna- the head was magnetic partial checked for cracks but it was of course cold at the time, you mentioned cracks can be more noticeable when the cyl head is hot... Fingers crossed..... 

-tom.