Thanks everyone for your comments, This car just hasn't sat for the past 20 years . Many of the items mentioned in the texts above have been address.The entire cooling system with belts/hoses, the entire braking system, plugs/wires, exhaust, tires/bearings,fuel pump, filter, heck even the aftermarket ac which was installed in 1969 has been updated with all new parts and Freon and works great. Go out in the morning, push the gas peddle down, release, turn the key and boom, starts nice, no stumbling, high idle, slap the peddle and high idle come down, engine purrs. Take the car out on the highway and cruise at 65 w/o surging, stumbling, hesitation, kick in the passing gear and instant acceleration. just to give readers a flavor for the type of car. yes, the rubber is old and carb hasn't been rebuilt and sure I can have those done. just seemed to me that I would have experienced some issue in the past 700 miles and now in the past two days the symptoms have appeared twice.