Make sure the carburetor fuel bowl is full. With the engine off, look down the throat of the carburetor with the choke fully open. Manually goose the throttle. You should see a healthy squirt of gasoline from the accelerator pump. If you don't see that squirt, your accelerator pump is shot.

1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)

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