im changing my intake and carb!!!!

[hewlett2002000]

i have never done it before so im taking it slow and trying to teaching myself anything i dont know. i got everything apart and pulled the intake(after cleaning around it). that intake was NASTY, just looking at it makes me wanna rebuild my poor engine and make it look and run new. but ill have to wait till i got the money to do it and somebody to give me some pointers. anyways i got all the gaskets on but the rear end gasket was the wrong one so i just used silicon, i just hope it works. i gotta get some studs for the intake so i can put my new carb on. and i still gotta put my new distributor in, and i got some more plugs and wires. just thought id let ya know how its goin. let me know what ya think.