Hello all...

After two weeks of prepping my '67 122S (B18) for vehicle inspection, I'm just about ready to take it in, and now it won't start! :( Last night, I turn the key and the electric fuel pump starts, but does not seem to be picking up fuel. I tried disconnecting the fuel line from the carburetor to be sure if anything is coming through when the pump is running, but to no avail: no fuel comes out. Seeing this, I tried priming pump by introducing fuel directly into the line, then reconnecting to the carburetor. Immediately after, I started the fuel pump again. Its sound changed as it seemed to be picking up fuel, and the car started just fine. I let it run for a while and all seemed well, then I turned it off. I let it sit for a couple hours while I did some errands and tried starting it again to see if anything had changed. The car started fine and I took it for a drive around to give it some exercise. (more details on that excursion in just a moment.)

This morning, after letting it sit several hours over night, it won't start again. It sounds like the problem has returned. I know there's fuel in the tank. While I'm not sure how accurate the fuel guage is, it indicates a little less than 3/4 full. I put gas in the tank maybe a week and a half ago, which was also the last time it was really taken out for a drive.

Here's some more details that may or may not have had a bearing on this issue since these are the changes that have been made since it was last "properly" working a couple weeks ago.

- I replaced the fuel filters 2 weeks ago. This did not seem to pose a problem since right after doing so, the car started just fine. A few days later, even, the car started fine.

- The carburetors were removed for cleaning and servicing 5 days ago, so the fuel line was left dangling for a couple days while that was all being done.

- The car is parked heading upward on a slight incline.

- When I took it out on the road last night, the drive seemed alright until I started climbing hills. Trying to go up hills (small ones, mind you) the car would struggle, sputter, and ping until it got over it, and then all was well. I'm told this may be due to ignition timing issue or to fuel restriction somewhere. (This is probably a separate issue, but maybe related?)

Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

- Dan