Dummys guide to carburated engines

My dad had a 1981 ram 150 with a slant 6 and an overdrive 4 speed. It had a feedback electric carb, distributer without vacuum advance, and that lean burn computer on the air cleaner. It would run ok then run rough. Sometimes wouldent run at all.

I removed the electronic advance distributor, lean burn computer, and carburetor. Then I dewired it and rewired it for a regular electronic ignition box, installed a holley model 1920 1 barrel carb that I cleaned up and kitted out. A 1970 pass car air cleaner, and installed a vacuum advance electronic distributor I pulled out of the junkyard and rebuilt. After that the truck started easy, and ran great every time.

My dad wanted to keep the old carb, computer distributer and ****. I looked at him like he was nuts, and said what the hell for. Then I picked the carb up, made the toss halfway across the shop, made a perfect basket right in the trash can. Repeated it with the rest of the pieces we removed. I told my dad, that's where all this crap belongs.