Check that you timing isn't wildly out - Crank your motor to top dead centre and check that your contact points are just opening and the rotor button is pointing towards #1 cylnder

Thanx blofly! thats probably a good idea.
anyone know of an a14 or a15 in SEQ?
BTW, I heard a while back that if you go bigger than a 1400 in a 1200 it has to be engineered, however if you put a 1400 in, it doesnt.

hmm the rotor button turned on the shaft?
the dissy drive turned on the shaft?

yeah no worries just get a hold of an A15 complete and whack it in your bay at least you will have more power and less worries for the same amount of time spent troubleshooting, pulling your hair out, beating the car with a 12 inch shifter, punching your neighbour for telling you to keep it down, then finally taking to the bastard of a car with your steel cap work boots after it has cost you hundreds of bucks in replacement parts and still no running engine I feel your pain hold in there you will enjoy the car better when it's running and if it hasn't been beaten up in a fit of rage

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what happens if you continue to pour fuel down the carby while its running like ####? does it keep running.
Maybe get some aerostart and spray it at the carby while it kicks over then see if the motor will run for longer just on aerostart. Seems like fuel to me.

ps. beware of backfires if you do what I'm suggesting, you could catch on fire

too bad you up there, coz i would say take to my mechanic he the best and he honest!

No noises whatsoever. Just died around the corner from my house so I managed to push it home and thats where the fun started!
think i'm going to have to change motors, everything that has been suggested has been tried, (except for the compression) but thank you all for your help!! if there are any other ideas please let me know.
Cheers, Renee.

If the compression is down it definately wouldn't help the situation
dizzy is drivven from the cam shaft, fuel pump is driven from the camshaft unless yours is electric, could always check valve clearances incase an exhaust rocker has adjusted it self down over time by vibration, holding an exhaust valve open slightly causing it to backfire (happened on my old 200B burnout wreck)
One way to check distributor function is to check for spark at each plug and then check ignition timing while turning it over by the starter motor so you can see if the spark is happening at the right time to make the engine start.
The way it sounds if the motor just died like that it sounds either spark or mechanical related, no dropped valves? any weird noises?

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HaHaHa!!! No! Strictly Ultimate!

That hammer is sounding like a damn good idea!! I'm serious!!!
I was thinking, could it be the dizzy? That is one thing that hasn't been replaced but the points have been!
Timing cover was taken off and, again, all seems ok! had also thought that it was something internal, what sort of things are there inside the motor that could cause this? as everything attached to, or is a part of the motor has either been replaced or checked at least 10 times! was mentioned before about the compression, it hasn't been compression tested. could that be the problem?