Now by golly I'm gonna find out 1st hand about pre-magnum TBI...

Yup. It's a foul-tempered thing even when it's "working" as designed. 3-point turns and parallel parking and rocking out of a snowbound parking spot are all kinds of "fun" because the engine speed flares way up as you pass through Neutral on your way between Drive and Reverse. Options are sit there in Neutral for a second or two and wait for the engine to idle the hell down, or do an unintended neutral-drop each and every time. :roll: