Hard to tell by your "row row row", but is that a nice quick "row row row, or a laboured one?
I used to blame many things for the hard starting on a carrier.....bad ground, vapor lock, poor fuel pump/worn pump push rod, tired coil, the difference in fuel makeup since the 40s, even our expectations of how easy it should be to start a vehicle.
One solution I found to my starting problems was to hook the 12 volt battery I had stored in the radio battery box to the starter, and the 6 volt battery still powered the rest of the vehicle. I would put a 6V solenoid controlled by the starter switch to feed the 12 volts through. The vehicle would start quickly every time, whether hot or cold. I have to wonder if the load of the starter reduced the voltage to the coil enough that it made starting (without any assistance like priming) difficult.
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