Every now and then folks who believe dearly in the "good old days" make for some excellent bargain finds for the rest of us.

I was at a swap meet about 10yrs ago where a buddy managed to pick up a complete new intake manny, fuel rails, big throttle body and injectors for a 302 HO from a cat who had bought a new crate motor from Ford and yanked the injection set up so he could replace it with a carburetor set up!

I quizzed the guy about why he wanted to use the less efficient carburetor instead of the injection set up and he said because his harness wasn't set up for fuel injection and because he believed he could make more HP with a carburetor. I stopped short of tellin the guy what a dumbass I thought he was to keep from pissin him off and queerin the deal for my buddy but did mention that there were companies that made retrofit harnesses to allow installation of injection set ups and computer engine management systems for older cars and that in my opinion there was more HP to be made with FI and a computer than with a carb and older ignition systems (which is pure fact!).

My buddy wound up snaggin about a grand worth of hard parts for $100 and we both walked away smilin