I was eyeballing this car when I was living in Kansas. Now i'm within 2 hrs of you. Wish I had the money right now. The move to Texas drained me of the funds. Good luck with the sale. Never know if you still have it in a couple of months I may be interested again.
Ive got a story for this one. My son and I were coming home from the drag races about 3 weeks ago. We stopped at a gas station, and a truck with some young kids come pulling it. The driver yells " Man nice car is that like a Camaro or something" I say no its a Plymouth Duster. He says...
I would take it back to the builder, and show him the article on how to properly install the rocker shafts. That way if you run into other problems maybe he will make it right.
SOunds like timing to me. After you found TDC did you lock the distributor down there? I would move it one way or the other just a little bit. SOunds like its close if it does start sometimes.