Thanks for the tip Paul! :-)

["fredrick_bc_westerncanada" <fburns@xxxx>]

much appreciated! However, I changed the fuel filter yesterday so 
that eliminates the filter as the problem. The previous owner had 
installed a manual choke on the carb (the original was electric. The 
car ran fine when I got it and drove the 200 miles home and for 
several days after that. In the past few days I noticed a slight 
hesitation when accelerating even lightly. The problem became 
progressively worse. Sometimes I have to wait a minute after it 
stalls as it will crank but won't start...then it idles fine again, 
goes into drive fine and goes the usual 5mph on its own but try 
giving it some gas and it will hesitate, spit and eventuall stall.

There is a carb specialist shop nearby. Gonna go there to see what 
they say. Also might try a can of carb spray cleaner. Might be 
gummed up in there. I had thought about bad fuel as the car sat 
awhile before I bought it but if it was that I don't think it would 
have run so well up until now. Going to test something from my 
manual...check the accelerator pump with engine not running, air 
cleaner removed...tug quickly on the throttle to full open to see if 
there are streams of gas evident through the pump discharge nozzle. I 
hope there isn't! *LOL*...

Freddie