Take the choke thermostat out of the manifold, on the side of the thermostatic spring there is a nut, if you loosen it you can make the choke come on longer or shorter by applying more or less tension to the thermostatic spring.
My set up just barley closes the choke flap when cold, when it starts the vacuum pot pulls it open so it runs and fast idles.
By the time I've moved it outside, shut and locked the garage, I can kick the choke down so it idles, and it's ready to drive.
There was some fine adjusting and trial and error to get it where I wanted it, but worth it in the end.
When I didn't have the choke hooked up, I pumped the pedal a lot, it cranked a while, then when it started it would easily stall and I'd have to hold the throttle to keep it running.
Once again where the climate is warm a choke is not so important
PS everyone should BURN their Chilton manuals, and get a factory Chrysler one.
Chilton manuals cover about 10 years of production and not much of it seems to be correct!
Ken