Best Carter 4 Barrel Carburetor for a stock 273?

Not trying to be negative just truthful. The OP is switching from a factory 2 barrel to a LD4B and a 4 barrel. He wants to stick with a Carter style carb as stated in post 26. It's good you are offering that carb for free and he can surely get it and rebuild it. I wish him luck and it's not one I would want to resurrect. Those carbs can be problematic with their vacuum secondary diaphragm, fuel transfer tube sealing, shrinking metering block gaskets and blown power valves. I have rebuilt a few dozen of them and I am really not a fan.
Post 26. Often, what you want and what you get are completely different.

I was offering a different solution, and got bashed for it because I didn't
"Follow along with the general consensus"
I had my own ideas.