To De-Smog or not to De-Smog...

HA! Ask my wife, I never throw anything out!

So, perhaps this is the wrong place to ask- but what the crap are all those sensors and vacuum hoses doing on my air cleaner housing? I've located the charcoal canister. I assume it can be eliminated. I put a Edelbrock breather on the valve cover and eliminated that hose going to the air cleaner. To soon to tell if the engine likes it or not. The carb will be getting some adjustment asap anyway- the previous owner set it by ear after getting the vacuum lines mixed up. I'd like to eliminate any extraneous junk prior to adjusting it in order to save myself some time and trouble.

The vacuum amplifier is already in the trunk, and it looks like there are a few newish vacuum caps on the electric choke assembly. I get the feeling that if I "unfix" a lot of what has been done, that the car will be a bit happier.