Once you get tired of tinkering with a Rochester, put a Carter YF for an AMC/Jeep 258 cubic inch inline six on it. Those carbs are 30-something years newer, much better quality, and are factory calibrated for an engine almost exactly the right displacement.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!