Carter bbd

Are BBD's a thing now...? I have one laying around for years... figured it was junk...I always did a cam and 600 Holley on a smogger 318 with headers.
Oh they're junk but cheap and easy and only thing that can bolt direct to these old manifolds to get old cars running . ( unless you replace intakes and or use an adapter and that raises the total height ) that depending on the car you can't close the hood . Even with no air filter. Hence problem I'm having .