Bringing it back to basics with this, figured I could benefit from some elders here.

I'm 28 I've driven fuel injected engines my whole life, so getting my 55 has been a different experience in a lot of ways.

I'm curious what the best most efficient way of starting a 6v carbureted Y-block is, or just in general for old cars. We're talking cold start here.

My mother told me her dad would crank it 8 seconds, stop, pump the gas four times then crank again.

But some I've been told to just hold the peddle to the floor or to tap it constantly but that seems like a good way to flood the engine.

How do YOU all do it?