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Make sure you have the seam at the back and not the front. You would be amazed how many people do it wrong.

From the gasket imprint on your cylinder heads, it looks like the gasket wasn't covering the tops of the intake ports. Hence, the large vacuum leaks. And from the gasket imprint on the intake manifold, you had the wrong intake gaskets for the rectangular shaped water ports on the cylinder heads. Try the Fel Pro Performance or the Edelbrock intake gaskets I referred to on your other thread.

They follow thr contour of the tail light panel. 69 is curved and 70 is flat.

Yeah....the divorce delay got in the way! Lol. All is good and we remain good friends. It it is good to be back! PS: I incorrectly installed windshield last year and had it removed and installed professionally today. 3 people (professionals) refused to take out my carlite glass. They were all gung-ho until they came and saw the condition of the car.....they all said it couldn’t come out without cracking. The last guy with 31 years experience got it out in one piece.

Because the timing advance curve needs to be set for each particular engine. A rebuilt box stock distributor from the parts store or even a used one could be considered "ready to run" just like the $400.00 ones claim to be because your engine will run if you simply install them and set the initial timing, but they will likely not run nearly as well as they could. I'll tell you what, I have a brand new polished billet aluminum distributor that is "ready to run" that I would probably sell for $160.00. I also have a polished aluminum water pump if you want one. We had the biggest Mustang shop on the West coast and I have a 53' trailer filled with new and used parts.