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So, the carb base was definitely a problem. The car started and I managed to make a lap of the block. Sufficiently confident, I tried it again. The engine died completely after a few hundred yards. I made it back by squirting carb cleaner directly into the carb in runs of about 50 yards. I gather, there is no fuel going in at all. I added 5 litres to make sure the tank wasn't empty. I have already replaced the fuel pump and will check the vapour separator. A new one is arriving today. I had replaced it but broke one spout during one of the carb disassemblies. The old one was fine, the floats inside were free. When rebuilding the carb I did not replace the float and needle but it seemed to move freely and the engine used to run fine before the car was parked for ten years. I did not test the accelerator pump throughput. This may be a test of fuel making it to the carb reservoir. I did replace the gaskets, plunger, and cleaned quite a lot of ... that had accumulated over 40 years. The saga continues.