i have done the following, new carb, new distubutor, new plugs, flushed gas tank, new fuel lines, redone the timing twice, checked the timing gears (they were in line), confirmed the harmonic balancer was true, confirmed the cam was in good shape, i am left with this compression test.

It's better to have it and not need it, then it is to need it and not have it. "Woodrow F. Call"