Thought I'd pass this along.  My 1941 5-passenger had been sitting for a while.  Tried to start it. Turned over but nothing, Used starter fluid.  Ran only on fluid then quit.

I checked that there was fuel in the tank, fuel in fuel pump glass bulb, fuel in filter bulb located just before line enters the carburator.   Removed distriburter and checked gap on points, checked for sparks when switch was on by jiggling the points at their gap.  Got good spark.  Hmm.  It took me a few moments before I realized what the trouble was.  I then went to my tools and got a suitable ballpeen hammer.  Pounded the carburator pertty hard but not hard enough to bust it.  Cranked right up.  Leson learned:  You just need to use Ocums Razzor and eleminate all te things it can't be and then you are left with what it could be.  In this case, a stuck float seat in the carburator.

Now I know there are those of you who would have known right away what the trouble was but when you're (90 and well on toward 91) we tend to forget and need to again go through the learning curve in order to get backk on track.(

Best,

Charlie