65 classic 660 starting issues:(

If you have a filter built in to the fuel pump loosen the clamp holding on the can covering the filter and see what you've got. The filter element inside is probably covered in crud which is partially blocking your fuel flow. The filter element is a NAPA 3038 and is usually under five bucks.

I'd like to keep it as original as possible I don't want to hack it all up Its a really nice car I want tobdo it some justice. I'm trying to add a picture hope I did it right.

Check the LEAD wires under the distributor cap.

So, my 65 Classic 770 'Vert was doing the same thing and driving me bananas. It has the original 327 and the original points-and-condenser distributor. Rebuilt the carb (Holley 4-barrels hate ethanol, dontchaknow), replaced the spark plugs, coil, cap, plug wires, points and condenser. Still hit or miss on starting or even sparking. Getting tons of super premium fuel with VP anti-ethanol additive, Sta-bil and Seafoam in it. I finally broke down and pulled the distributor. I did not want to do that, because I wasn't confident in my ability to get it back into the engine correctly. With the distributor out of the car, I pulled everything off of it--cap, condenser, vacuum advance module, and the 'lead' wires. These were the problem--they were loosely screwed in place. I never saw or found any place where the lead wires were grounding out against the metal of the distributor, but that is what I think was happening. I put everything back together, making sure to route those wires and the condenser's wire, properly and fixed them in place very firmly (read that as 'screwed 'em down as tight as I could without breaking stuff') and dropped the dist back into the motor. Put the cap on, got all the connections back in place, and the thing fired right up without a sputter! So check those lead wires! You can't even eyeball them with the dist on the car, though.

Hope this helps!

You might also try running the fuel in line from the pump to a quart or so container of gas and let it pull from there. That would at least verify that the tank and/or feed line from the tank is good or bad. I hung a half gallon jug under the hood on one for a while. Never drove far until I got the line fixed, really just moved it around the yard except for one 2-3 mile run just to make sure that was the problem. 

fritznbud wrote: 65Classy wrote: I was thinking it could be a choke issue how does one go about checking the choke out to make sure it's working correctly I have the ole 1bbl carb I noticed it runs of a lever that runs into the intake etc.                                                                 I have the same #1906 Holley 1 barrel carb, don't know how to test the choke but I do know it has to be closed tight. A 7/8 closed choke will not cut it, it must be all the way choked or it will not start. I keep pressure on my cable as I crank the motor. Stuff a rag in the carb and see if it fires up, I have done it, be careful

Doesn't the 1906 Holley have a hot air choke? What cable are you talking about that you keep pressure on? Stuffing a rag in a carb and trying to start it is the quickest way I know of to get a rag sucked into the engine and doing serious damage.