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To recap: Fuel line has had the rubber sections replaced, fuel pump is new, line from fuel pump to carb (stainless) is new, as is fuel filter, points, rotor, cap, condenser, plug wires and plugs are all new, coil is also new.
Carburator is original (110K miles) and has not been rebuilt.
Engine has not been pulled and/or rebuilt. Except for parts mentioned, it is all original.
Choke seems to step through its' stages as it should.
I have NOT checked the timing yet. Meant to a few weeks back but couldn't borrow a timimg light at that time and since then I have had other things to do, not car related.
Gas tank was not dropped and steamed but as I said before, it runs great and gives no other indication of crud in the fuel line or clogging the filter.
Since I am not a mechanic and have not ever really been interested in the mechanical operations of automobiles other than driving them, I can ask some very basic questions and they may have nothing to do with the problem so bear with me, please.
For instance: Isn't there a reservoir in the fuel system someplace? The fuel pump or the carb? Something that holds a small amount of gas for initial ignition? Could this be draining and causing the line to be syphoned dry so that the pump has to fill the line to the carb and the reservoir before it gets any fuel through the carburator to the cylinders? That is what is acts like. Its like it has no gas to the heads and after cranking and/or using the gas pedal for several minutes it finally fires up. It acts the same as when I let the car sit for several days and then start it. The first time, I have to crank quite a bit and hold the gas peddal to the floor, to get it started.
Once it starts, everthing is fine and it runs without fault.
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 New'n72
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