Denny may have hit something in the starting procedure factor. We have all been so spoiled by the way our new fuel injected cars fire that we think our older carbed ones should start the same way. I have owned some real "cold natured" cars in my life, and my '27 was one of them. It is overcarbed for one thing (2 X 500 CFM Edelbrocks) and every Ford I have owned seems to like to warm up a little anyway before it runs right.

In my Jeep with the carbed 5.0 I have to give the pedal a couple of good pumps then crank it, and it has the electric choke hooked up. For the first 1/2 mile or so it just doesn't run right until temp comes up a little.

Conversely, he may be flooding it too. Every car has it's little quirks, and you kind of have to learn to work with them.

Don