As usual, someone beat me to it. I have several thoughts on his. First, When you bought a new car in 1969, it had a carb and a manual fuel pump. They were reliable back then, why not now? True, modern fuel injection is more efficient (better mileage) and probably more reliable than a carb, but is it worth the expense? That is your call. Also, if you do switch to an add-on fuel injection setup, could you diagnose problems going forward? I have seen quite a few threads here where a FI setup wasn't working, and the owner was having a lot of trouble figuring it out. I believe that simple is good. If I wanted to turn my 69 Barracuda into a daily driver, I would first detune the engine by about 75 HP, put in a new (not rebuilt) starter, alternator, carb (electric choke), fuel pump and water pump. If any of these are relatively new, then leave them alone. I'd also flush the cooling system, flush and bleed the brake system after a thorough brake inspection, oil change, new plugs and wires, tranny service and differential oil change. Basically a thorough tune up, and change/flush all fluids. Some of this may overkill, but it is what I would do if I wanted to update my 50 year old car to daily driver status.
