Well, finallly, the red POS, runs-and runs nicely. Thanks to everybody for your help. I put a bunch of goo around the intake manifold gaskets, and now they seal properly. There was also some sort of hangup in the mixture control that I can't really explain, but a bit of adjustment to that made the car fire right up. What a relief, I've been at that job for 3 months. I'm happy I didn't buy the new fuel distributor as the dealer diagnosed...

Now all I have to do is replace the cracked dashboard and the car is done. I'm sure this will be a nightmare too.

Cheers, Lawrence.