Factory Carbie?

Nah, doesn't look like that. I'll grab a photo tonight, but from the 30 second look-over I gave it it looked like one of those Predator carbs from the 80's... Very square float bowl.

A Predator, for those who didn't buy bad technology from way back when:



It had an electronic choke-looking thing with a black cover that says LEAN on the left hand side (as you look from the front of the car) too. And an idle stepper solenoid that was mangled and half hanging off.

This description probably isn't helping. I'll grab a pic.

Given that a 350/500 Holley will be about $400 by the time it's on my doorstep, I'm increasingly inclined to try to repair this mystery carb, just to get me through until my Christmas vacation when I intend to get a set of headers, build an exhaust and put a 4 barrel manifold and carb on it.