Re: Adventures with a 1955 Clipper

Posted by PackardV8 On 2012/4/8 7:20:16

I'll agree it is most likely fuel delivery problem.

But lets do the ez things FIRST!!!

Quote from post #1 above:
"Went and got the car out of its storage unit a few days before Salado. It had been there over three months. Remarkably, it started easily and ran smooth"

File the points. Setting for long periods of time will allow oxidation to build up on the points. Just run a file thru them 8 or 10 strokes. I run into this quite often. Sometimes a long storeage engine will start just fine but the points will need to be cleaned up after 10 or more miles. The points file will cure that problem.

There are those that scoff at the filing of points. Such scoffing only demonstrates their lack of real world experience or their salesmanship to sell someone a new set of points.