[jrdv]

I've got 4 edelbrock 1406's. Two are on work trucks used on the ranch everyday 365 days a year.
If you want something for putting your foot in it, get a holley ( tried holleys including a Truck Avenger ).

I have had good luck with the 1406. Easy to tune and easy to change springs and jets for altitude.
These things bounce around the ranch all the time and I hardly ever touch them except when I do a tune up and change plugs.

I do have an older holley 650 double feed ( not double pumper ) that is on my 71 shortwide. I haven't touched it in years and it has been on the truck since 1991.
I think sometimes you get a good carb and sometimes you don't, it doesn't matter what brand.