318 2bbl won't idle without choke

I am just wondering , was it running fine before you did all the work ie , ignition wires , cap , rotor , plugs , points and carb rebuild or did it always run poorly. I dont remember if you mentioned this already.

It ran reasonably well before the second time I took the carb off. Started VERY easily. It had trouble idling at the correct speed (I had to bump it up to 1200 or so to keep it from stalling) and would die without ~30% choke though.

Edit: Although I probably only put 5-10 miles on it like this. I've been reviving the car from 25 years of sitting by the PO