Trying to start rebuilt engine, spitting through carb

I would be willing to bet that the ignition timing is retarded. I know that it seems that you did your homework on the timing, but it sure seems as the timing is off. Just try advancing the distributor a bit and see what it does. From there the only other thing I can think of is that you have a vacuum leak somewhere. Check all your vacuum hoses. Does not seem to be fuel related, but you never know. Could the idle mixture screws be completely closed?

Vacuum lines on carb are all plugged, I haven’t hooked up vacuum advance or power brakes yet.

Idle mixture screws are 1.5 turns out.

I wanted to try advancing my timing more but I am up against the slot on the distributor so I’ll need to adjust the bolt under the distributor, I haven’t tried that yet.