Lots of good info. Live and learn I guess. I found a local shop that advertises that they work on Rochester B carbs. They discussed the warping concerns with me and said they know how to repair it. Hopefully I'm on the right track. I'm bummed the first carb that came with the truck is long gone.
Second question. I asked about a port on the side of the carb. He explained thay it was a vacuum like that attaches to the distributor. I told him one was never plugged in. I looked at a bunch of pics online and looked at my truck again. The mentioned line from the distributor runs to a port on the intake. If that is correct, what is done to the port on the carb?
Attached a pic, also here is a video of me following the line.
Me following the line... 
