Hey folks, another quickie from mk's78,

maybe check the accelarator pump in carb,,fuel filter and pump,fuel lines,,sounds like it is starving for gas,,just a thought,,rd

Sounds bout normal (whatever normal really is...) to me. My 76 is like that too. After its been started up its fine. I would look into rebuilding the accelrator pump if I were going to mess wit it.

For me I would rather not bother a good thang. I know sure as I start messin wit the ol quadrajet I be jackin around wit it during the time of year I would really like to drive it on occa-shun.

Sooo... my choice is an ol Honda catchphrase..... " If it ain't broke don't mess wit it..."

Gud luck...!

Sounds like a classic case of the fuel bowls leaking. There are two "welch" plugs in the bottom of the fuel bowl that will leak all of the fuel out over night, or if you're lucky, it will take a couple of days.
The only real way to correct the problem is to use JB Weld on the plugs. It does require removal, and partial dis-assembly of the carb to do.
Ken's carb article has excellent info on how to do this. Unfortunately, I had to wipe my hard drive the other day and start over...and I lost all of my bookmarked links in the battle...
I'll get the link again, or you can search for other carb issue threads here...several of them have the link posted in them....
Adams' Apple2009-07-12 16:50:08

It's likely one of the problems already mentioned, but be aware that gasoline today is blended differently from when our cars were built.  It's blended for fuel injected cars and will evaporate much more quickly than fuels of years ago.  In many carbureted cars the empty fuel bowls take some pumping to fill them after the gas evaporated.  

My 81 does the same thing.  Let it sit overnight and I gotta pump about four times to get her going, then she idols ruff, but purrrrrrrrrrs on the hyway.  Just had carb rebuild cause of other problems in carb and computer control.