rebuilt in 92 and just this year got it back in the car.  Have done all the recommended prep before start up: drill on the oil pump to lube the top, Petronix pick up and coil, fuel to the carb and timing close enough to get it running.

on start up, brought it to approx 2000 rpm; planned on about 20 minutes like this to seat all the internal parts, had good oil pressure right away, and only one small (I hope) water leak from the dr side head-to-block mating, at about the #6 spark plug area...

but after about 5-7 minutes, it became apparent that it was getting too hot; was relying on the temp guage in the dash cluster, but it never moved off "C"; so I cut it off.  I have a true water temp guage that I will install before the next start up.  also noticed the two middle runners on the intake manifold started darkening.  They were like that before I had the engine rebuilt...

So, any suggestions on the best way to safely proceed from here?

thanks, Mark

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