gmask: I dunno anything about these cars or carb balance but if cyl 1 is rich to the point of being wet then isn't your front carb way too rich and the rear either just right or only slightly too rich? Did the plugs get less wet or less sooty as you went back? It sounds like they're out of balance and the front carb is over-rich... just my opinion, I'm not at all familiar with carb setups. Either that or cyl 1 wasn't/isn't firing?

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