68 Ambassador WILL NOT START. I've tried everything...

[rodekyll]

Blame it on the metric system.

[tris]

Blame it on the metric system.

That's the French for you 

Now would be a very good time to walk away and come back refreshed and invigorated and nail it in one hit

Good luck

[Mike Tashjian]

Sixties cars with rubber isolated harmonic balancers were notorious for slipping the outside wheel. That left the timing marks pretty worthless. Using just basic tools you can check your timing marks. A drinking straw is about a cheap a tool as you are going to use to find TDC on just about any motor.  That will give you a good start without a Geometry lesson. Sounds like you are just about there. I can almost hear that engine starting.  Mike

[redrider90]

If you bent valves you won't have sh*t for compression.

In which case he would not be getting gas vapor blown out the carbs!

[Tom]

I'm following the thread for the conclusion of this mini-drama.