Our experiences differ. In the past 44 years I have had about a dozen carb and a dozen efi cars. I have done my own work on all of them. I typically keep my cars 10 or more years.
I have installed many carb kits, replaced several choke pull-offs, squirter pumps and diaphrams, vacuum advances, fuel pumps, and nitropyl floats (they last 6 months nowdays). I wore out carb throttle shafts, and have had carb body internal leaks.
My efi cars have been great, one tps, a map sensor, one fuel pump on all those cars. I also developed an efi/ignition system, with excellent results over a 12 yr period.
Don't get me wrong, I like carbs, and enjoy fixing things, but the fixing can be chronic, even if parked. I still have a carb on my 66 Barracuda. I wore out the bbd, went to Holley 2280 with nitrophyl float issue, and ended up with a 1971 yr Rochester 2b, got a brass float and made correct choke rod.
I love it, and thank you for the post long ago suggesting it as a good carb, I totally agree.
