Finally some good news. I only had to replace the tie rod ends on the impala, so that saved a bunch of money.
Even better, I was thinking of getting a used carb on ebay or craigslist and rebuilding it instead of buying that nice $500 holley HP I've been eyeing. Well, I was talking to my dad last night about all of this and he said he had two Holley 750 3310's sitting in the garage collecting dust and would give me one of them. Hot damn... $30 for a rebuild kit and I have a carb for the motor
It's nothing fancy, but it should do just fine for my little 383 street motor and saves me money that I can put to the exhaust and other little things I still need.