Similar story,

On a long trip in my 3800 pickup we happened by a car show in Helena Montana, registered, and hung out for the day. A guy with a nice Ford Mustang parked close to us and eventually asked "do you need a carburetor?"
Interestingly enough it had some issues and just the day before I pulled the carb apart on the fender...

He took me over to his house, pulled one of two rebuilt and shrink wrapped Rochesters off the shelf and handed it to me. Before the show was over I had swapped throttle bodies (different bolt spacing) and was back running very well.

We had by far the most unkempt and "ugly" truck at a show full of fancy and well painted cars, it was fun.

Grigg

•1951 GMC 250 in the Project Journals
•1948 Chevrolet 6400 - Detroit Diesel 4-53T - Roadranger 10 speed overdrive - 4 wheel disc brakes
•1952 Chevrolet 3800 pickup
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