Timing mark found!!!! Sneaky friggin thing was hiding. This morning I hunted around untill I found my old timing cover, and on a 305 the timing "0" pointer is directly above the crank snout. The new bolt on timing pointer that I have is for a 350, and sets at about 1:30. I just fired the engine and took the timing light around to the passenger side of the car----sure enough, there was my timing mark, setting at top of dampener , about 12 to 15 degrees past TDC towards the passenger side of the car,which took it out of my range of vision when I was standing on drivers side of car. Big sigh of relief---everything is O.K.---hot damn, I'm just as smart as I thought I was.---Sure did have me worried though. Had a terrible night, dreamed about having to pull engine out/apart and fix something horrible that I'd screwed up. Engine started this morning stone cold, automatic choke worked, only turned over about 1/2 revolution then fired and ran like a clock.----Thank you Car Gods---Thank you, fellow forum members.