Strange but true...

Looks like maybe the corner 4 were grafted on to a stock 2 barrel manifold. Fugly.

 

That's just the bean counter's thinking--low cost.

 

5 carbs pointing in 3 different directions.
I would love to see what the working throttle linkage looked like.
Probably designed by Rube Goldberg

 

I concur.

 

I supect that the middle carb is the only working carb. The other four are for looks and do not dump fuel in the engine. Whole lot of fake going on here..........I would sure hate to try to adjust them.......

 

Not trying to breal b*lls here, but if you look, you can see the linkage and the bellcrank - check your car history, it's real