Steve, with regard to:
"My son has been periodically starting in up and driving it around the block -
his last report was that unless he kept the engine at 2000rpm or higher it
would sputter and die."
I agree with the other lister that a sticking choke could be the issue :
Either it isn't getting pushed back in or it is sticking at the carburetor.
Another possible area to look is in the distributor cap. With a car sitting
so long between startups, you may be getting some moisture inside the cap that
results in a carbon build up when the car is started a few times. The quick
fix is to simply scrape the contacts inside the cap clean with something sharp
like a knife or blade. I'd also take a little 600 sandpaper to the contact on
the rotor too. If you don't have 600 sandpaper the green part of those yellow
and green kitchen sponges (or anything similar) works too. The longer fix, of
course, is to replace the cap and rotor.
I'm from the NW where we have our fair share of moisture. It may or may not
apply in your neck of the woods.
Regards,
Jon Rider
Bothell, WA
'69 2000 ("The Roadster")
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