Carburettor & Vacuum setup on 1.6s v/plas auto 1986

Hi,
I am a newbie to the forum although I have owned Maestro Vplas since 2008.
I recently bought a clove brown vplas C818 MMW. It has a low mileage of 56890 miles apparently. I drove it back from Salisbury and it had some hesitation at times and refused to accelerate until I backed off...

Hi. i did put this up a few months ago, when i was putting feelers out. now she must go. Here goes.

B reg maestro vp for sale, engine very ill. The big ends are bad, but i have driven this car for 8 months or so as my main work car. She let me down once, that was the battery, the winter...