1974 Slant 6 backfiring through carb.?

It ran good yesterday when I parked it. Went to AAP and got plugs, cap, and button. Didn't have wires and no other place has any in stock either. Replaced all the above and checked the firing order in that process. Still can't get it to run. Just backfires through the carb. Did switch the wires to make it 180 out and think I may have ticked the wife off with the enormous tailpipe backfire. I never liked that coffee cup anyway! Needless to say I haven't gotten it yet. I'm going to remove plugs and rotate engine to TDC on #1 and see where the rotor button is pointing. if it is anywhere other than at #1 then I know I have a timing problem.