[Barry_R]

When I get a customer with one of these - and it does happen - I have a procedure I follow just to get back to "square one".

Remove all the plugs and wires. I pull them right off of the car.

Diasable the coil, and crank the motor over a bunch of times (+/-20 rotations) with the plugs out to clear any liquid fuel. I've seen spouts of fuel spew from the cylinders.

Walk away for an hour to let things dry out.

Come back, install clean fresh plugs, and install the wires one at a time in the proper firing order - 15426378. Leave number one plug out - lay it up on the intake with the wire attached.

Check the float level - it might not be perfect without the engine running but it will be darned close and more than good enough to start and run fine. It should be at the lower edge of the threads.
No fuel = no start. Pouring out = no start.

Rotate the engine by hand until you are 20 degrees before top center checking to hear/feel compression on number one cylinder. You can reset it correctly later but this will start the engine.

Turn the key on but don't crank it. Loosen the distributor and rotate it back and forth watching for spark from that plug laying on the intake. "Catch" the right position as it just sparks and tighten the distributor.

Install the plug. Hit the gas twice, maybe three times and start the thing up. You will never know exactly which item was off/wrong - but you won't really care either.