[1942deluxe]

Kelly, I have Charlie carbs, fuel pumps and distributors on my 42,46, and 48 cars. The 48 was always a hard starter if it sat even priming it with the backup electric fuel pump. One day fighting it I physically checked to see if the choke was working and it wasn't. Ended up having to do some adjustment on the choke cable assembly. I think it was Mike Kubarth that mentioned to leave the choke out when the car is not running. I did that and it seems to slow down the evaporation. I have turned it over with the ignition switch off to pump some fuel to the carburetor and then turn the switch on and it fires. On cold start I pull the choke all the way out, one pump of the gas pedal and once running push the choke in to where the engine smooths out. There's a sweet spot in that procedure which you'll figure out after a while.