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Originally Posted by drcoastline

I don't know the history regarding engine, carb rebuild or anything like that, but the car was driven from time to time over the past twenty or so years. I am familiar with ethanol issues from a marine stand point and fuel systems. I am guessing if anything was going to go wrong from ethanol in this system it would have happened by now and dealt with.

I guess my question is more from leaded vs. unleaded gas and octane with these engines.

Burn the lowest octane pump gas you can buy, and don't worry about the lead substitutes/verifying your hardened valve seats etc unless this becomes your daily driver and you're putting thousands of miles on it. For engine oil, get the cheap no name dino oil from your FLAPS. For transmission oil get the cheap no name stuff from tractor supply, nothing modern as some of the additives can have a poor effect on any yellow metals.