How much smoke is too much?

[Yewhi]

Hey Guys,

I'm gonna' bug you all with another ignorant question.

I have a 55' series 1 with a stock 235 that I've had for a little more than a month. I've been working my way through some relatively minor issues. I've replaced all fluids, fuel filter, points (gapped @ 0/019) plugs (gapped @0.035) condensor, cap and rotor as well as the plug wires and checked the timing. I also rebuilt the carb (PO had the throttle cable connected to the choke and vise versa but that's another story) and set the mixture with using a tach. It starts everytime, the first time and idles smoothly.

My question is how much smoke from these old beasts is normal? I notice quite a bit under acceleration or load (climbing a hill). Doesn't appear to be abnormal smoke (ie. not blue black), just a bit more than I expected. Never having owned one of these, I was just curious whether this was normal as everything else seems to be working fine.

Thanks in advance!

T