So after some minor profanity and 2 days of suffering… the trucks alive.

Went over the timing countless times, redid the valves and finally got all the stars to line up.

Truck is running up to about 3k at start up.. so some carb tuning is the next step

1940 1/2-ton
Low skill and low buck build
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In the dark of night, she's a looker.