Carburetor Choice for my Dart

In 1973 I faced one of the biggest decisions of my life. I had enough money to buy a 780 Holley for $49.95 or take my girlfriend to the Led Zeplin concert. The carb won out as I figured it would last much longer than my gf. But in the end she bought the tickets so it was a win win deal. Carb prices have gone stupid high. 800.00 for a Holley 4777?
Black Friday is coming up soon and so is Christmas. I bought my Holley Street Demons for $280 each on a Christmas sale last year... You get the holley name and it works kind of like an Edelbrock and tunes like an Edelbrock but goes on the theory of a thermoquad...
Holley squirter and secondary Jets Edelbrock Springs and accelerator pump and standalone rods and primary Jets..
I haven't heard of anybody that was disappointed with one. Smaller primaries triple stacked 4 great off idle acceleration and fuel mileage with a massive secondary door for yeehaw...