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does the block look like the above pic? where the distributor goes in? under the rad hose is the t-stat.
now if your block isn't like that in the front, back in the crappy days, we used to put cleveland heads on windsors, so you may have that going on and the t-stat may be an issue if the cleveland intake was used........post a pic.......


here is an example, and their solution to the t-stat issue. drilled and tapped fittings into the heads for a remote stat housing