70 Dart Triple Treat Build

Train wreck in-sued the day before Roadkill Nights...went to fix oil leak at the front of the intake manifold, tore the gaskets. Put new metal gaskets on, water leak at the right corner of the manifold. Fixed it, vacuum leak at each intake runner. Apparently the metal gaskets aren't thick enough for an aftermarket intake. At that point it was game over and left in a different car. Came home after stopping at Summit Racing to pick up new gaskets to address that and found a push rod laying sideways, out of the lifter and not bent in its bore. Pulled the valve cover to find it just laying there. The studs for the rocker shaft were all a quarter to half turn loose with the furthest back stud 2 turns loose. Threw it all back together, wont start. Verified firing order, no start, checked the plugs and they were fouled. New plugs, no start. Checked to see if i was 180* out but that was fine too. Turn the distributor until it would fire up and run. Verified timing and now the distributor is point in a completely new position at 32* total timing, about 2" counterclockwise past the original position. Im at a loss at this point on how this happened.