Timing Mark Dilemma

RustyRatRod said
. Dot to dot is on TDC for #6. It's shown dot to dot in all the manuals for ease of aligning. But when you go to install the distributor, you need to rotate the crankshaft ONE complete revolution to get it in the #1 TDC position

Exactly.

People forget that cam/engine timing is separate from distributer/engine timing.

2 separate procedures