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Hell, where to start? It was actually a full day for seeminly little work but I'm pretty anal about stuff (sometimes over-thinking, actually) and the no starting issue took time to trouble-shoot.

Replaced the non-cork valve cover gaskets with cork ones. Used Gas-A-Cinch to hold the gasket to the cover -- works GREAT! The oil leaks were definitely coming from the lower valve covers and it looks like the cork replacements are holding the oil back now.

Replaced ALL of the hoses/vacuum lines in the engine compartment and the ones used up front for the fuel emissions stuff.

I hooked up a couple of wires near the dizzy: The aux. air regulator (AAR) and the thermo switch used for the cold start injector. Popped the fuel pump fuse After much searching & reading (and cussing) of the FI system I removed the thermo wire, replaced the fuse and started the car. POP! Okay, re-attached the wire since that wasn't the cause and removed the AAR wire and replaced the fuse. Car started and continued to run -- SUCCESS! Also, after the engine warmed up the idle kept rising until it hit 2000rpm!! I clamped the AAR hose off and the idle dropped to 1000rpm. I adjusted the dizzy timing to drop the idle to 925rpm and called it good enough.

Obviously gotta fix some things but she runs and so far no oil leaks. She'll make a good non-rainy-day car until I can get the seals and body rust fixed.