Biohazard

It might have had a gasket similar in thickness to the one under my Valiant's Holley 1920 single-barrel - rigid, about 1/8" thick, and a bit more papery than the ~1/4" gasket on there now.

Let me get a picture... (EDIT: Will have to wait until morning. I don't have one that shows the gasket. Yet.)

-Kurt

I think it is a gasket issue, the only ones I have found that are close to factory height are the ones that come in a full kit from NAPA, the Fel-pro ones are alot thicker.
The Fel-pro ones for what I have seen are about 3/16" thicker.