First time start - no go

This might be in waaay out in left field here....there's a voltage issue, yes...but are you sure it's not flooding? I helped the neighbor kids get their chevy started, they said 'it was running fine before we rebuilt the carb!' Well the floats were off and it would pour gas down the intake as soon as they started cranking it..just a random thought..
I thought it might be flooded too, so I did the old hold it wide open trick, no dice.