Trying to figure out a plan of attack on my new toy

hotairgypsy said
just picked up today a 73 dodge dart that was advertised as a 318....well i get home and decode the vin and it says it came with a 383...

No ‘73 Dart ever came with a 383.

well i was all excited but i was told the engine was swapped...so i went under the hood and looked at the stamped numbers on the block...
comes back as the following

4179930 – 1975 – 1993, 360 LA-series small-block

so i bought this car as a fixer upper not running..they said it needed a carb...i am not worried after 50 plus years things change...so i got to make all this right...this block has a carter 0-2361 carb on it ...

Not many of us are numbers experts that know what carb you have by just stating the numbers on it.
2 or 4 barrel?

what i dont know is did they change the short block and reuse the 318 stuff or all 360 stuff...so how would you all attack this to make it all a go...

Just get it running. What does the car not have?
Battery?
Fuel tank?
Distributor?
Oil?
Gas?

i dont even know if the carter 2361 is the right carb for the 360...

The carb can be retuned no matter what it is.

do i need to look for the part number on the heads? will that change anything...

Possibly! Depends on what you want to do with the car/engine/performance.

just trying to get focused on a plan of attack...any guidance would be appreaciated...

Start with paragraphs! OMG dude!
Start with just getting it running.
A factory service manual is a big bonus plus to have.
Figure out what it is you want to do with your car. What is it you want out of it?[/QUOTE]