So if we walk out to a stone cold engine on a car that has been sitting awhile...???
Your under hood picture shows no battery. Do you have one fully charged?
How fresh is the fuel in the tank? Is there a fuel filter ahead of the carb to trap debris like rust from the bottom of your tank?
Hard to start says the choke may not be properly adjusted, but also...
You said it wants to "cut off on acceleration"
This leads me to believe the accelerator pump diaphragm in the carb is toast. An easy thing to test. remove the air cleaner and shine a flashlight down the the carb throat. Look for a squirt of fuel when you open the carb butterfly. No squirt... bad accel pump. This will make it hard to start because there is no rich fuel mixture to be exploded by the plugs, and make it fall on its face when you crack the throttle... "cut off on acceleration".
Of course this assumes that there was fuel in the float bowl to begin with. Maybe crank the engine for 10 seconds without stepping on the gas before this test. Of course this assumes fuel in the tank and a functional fuel pump to move fuel up to the carb. Assume nothing. Verify the function of your vehicles systems. The fact that it ran at all is good verification.
And a proper valve adjustment makes an amazing improvement in these engines performance. Great advice !!!
Please post your results. Sweet ride, and awesome looking shop in the background! I'm jealous
