Making progress here and there when I have time.
I cleaned the block/head mating surfaces using various techniques to get them clean 'enough' for my purposes.
New head gasket in place
Head back on
WOW this was gross, so I bought a knockoff branded (MTC) new housing
Bolts torqued using the specs I found on this site from W Hunter. Everything getting buttoned back up.
It will be nice not to have a puddle of oil under the car and everything under the hood caked with oil (assuming my crank seal install worked).
Cleaned up the intake a little bit but it's not a show car, so good enough for now.
All new gaskets, some new hardware/hoses/clamps (the nice kind)/water pump/tstat/housing/crank seal/and a citric acid flush will hopefully bring this iron horse back to life and it will keep going for a long time.
We shall see. I'll have to check the valves before I'm done...then to clean the damn fuel tank of all the sludge in there! I did it once before but it must be so full that I didn't get all of it, so the primary fuel filter clogs after ONE drive. Very annoying....