Not necessarily Tom. You can have all the "good" spark in the world, but if you don't have cranking RPM, then the motor probably won't fire...There's alot of rotating mass in that crankcase and you need that cranking inertia to overcome it. Anotherwords, unlikely a fuel/spark problem.
Point taken. I was imprecise with my "spark/ignition" phrasing. My point was to separate a fuel vs. electrical issue by trying the start fluid trick.
But I stand behind the starter switch theory. It's must a mechanical switch and it could remain "closed" which could lead to the unwanted cranking.
1969 Firebird, 350-2v/350, Verdoro Green (?), Green vinyl, numbers matching, relatively unmolested. Needs a bit of everything.