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Originally Posted by dean333
Car should run fine with a properly functioning stock fuel pump. I’ve had antiques for 40+ years, never used an electric fuel pump. NEVER had starting problems cold, hot or after sitting 4-5 weeks.
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That's kind of what I was thinking. It sure wasn't manufactured with an electric fuel pump but maybe some previous owner installed it to overcome some sort of problem; maybe vapor lock.
I could buy a mechanical pump rebuild kit and install it; doesn't cost too much or look too hard. Then bypass the electric fuel pump with a piece of hose. Your reply implies I'm likely to be just as well off, if not better.
Being new to the flathead world, one week, I don't yet know where the majority of opinion and experience is on the necessity for the electric fuel pump. Your forty years without sounds like something I should listen to.