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So I have rebuilt the carb, in doing this I have found that the accelerator pump linkage had to be adjusted in order to get a longer stroke (now I can step on the gas without the backfire). So now that I have rebuilt the carb, the car starts right up and runs good at a fast warm up idle, but once it warms up it will not stay running. I am waiting for it to cool off so I can check the timing. Kinda hard to start the car and keep it running/check timing by yourself.

sounds as though you are on the road to recovery! you might want to also pull the plugs and make sure their not fouled. it can happen pretty quick and lead to alot of wrong assumptions when trying to tune