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This is just my opinion, but all of the threads asking about over-heating and vapor lock and how come my car won't start when it's warm are all indicating owners who have never had an old car before. They are used to EFI computer controlled everything, and are not versed in the proper ways to operate a carb'd vehicle, and place way too much faith in the 30-40 year old factory gauges.

I am old enough to remember just how hot these cars ran when they were pretty new, and how frustrating it was to not be able to start your car after fueling it up at the station. Each one was different, and you had to "learn" it.

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Well said. You are very right in what you say. We had to learn to read the conditions for every vehicle we drove and drive them accordingly. There was no computers or EFI's to regulate everything. You learned your vehicles or parked it.