mine came with manual choke, and I left it off when I did a custom dash. One reason I left it off was it caused a fire one time and I never used it after that. My first bronco (a 74) had a electric choke and caused more trouble than it did good cause it was always running wide open when it shouldn't. Maybe I just don't understand them or I'm not in a cold enough climate area,,,but then starting mine is pretty basic,, pump the accelerator twice and halfway down the third time it cranks up and sit there a few seconds until it idles. If I'm in a hurry and its real cold,,,, brick on the accelerator works.