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[Earwax]

I am not advocating for moving away from cooling just yet, as I think the condition of the cooling fins, the hoses not collapsing, the coolant itself and radiator clean /flush could all produce results, but before looking for fuel and carb I would plot the dizzy curve. Even with vac advance some curves are too slow/retarded near the 2000- 3000 rpm - which again could contribute to heat. 

[mbolt998]

Update: the car kept getting a bit hot (up to nearly H, but not boiling over) in normal driving. So I just kept driving it because what was I supposed to do. And now (after maybe 3000 miles) it's fine! Goes a tiny bit above N when working hard but that's it. My best theory is just that it was still a bit furred up in there somewhere after 25y off the road.