If you know HOW the CCC system works, you can bypass some of it, and get by. If you don't know how EVERYTHING AFFECTS EVERYTHING ELSE when disconnected, then you're going to screw it up when you just think you know what you're doing when deleting stuff. If you don't believe me, start in on it and then come back and tell us that your car doesn't run and you don't know what happened. But if you do it right, it's possible to live a normal, non-CCC life. But as mentioned, if your goal is to neaten it all up, it's all got to go. CCC is a messy life under the hood. Your engine is basically hooked up to a life monitor/pacemaker and other than corregated plastic tubing that hides some of it, your wires and vacuum hoses will look like a wad of spaghetti. Welcome to the 80s.
If you have a sniff test or even just a visual test where you live, you're bound to fail at one or both. Always keep it in mind. The previous comment about saving all the CCC is a great idea as well. So remove them via clips and plugs, etc., don't just rip and cut stuff out. You may HAVE to have that stuff again one day, and if you throw it out, it'll cost you 10 times as much to replace it if you ever need it again.
Also, as others have pointed out, you will at MINIMUM have to get rid of the carb and distributor system and swap it with the pre-CCC stuff. You can take out the CEL bulb and never worry about seeing codes again pretty easy as well.
It's ok if you don't know everything about the CCC system. Nobody does. But you can successfully regress into the 70s with the right skills and knowledge and get where you want to go with your project.
If you have a sniff test or even just a visual test where you live, you're bound to fail at one or both. Always keep it in mind. The previous comment about saving all the CCC is a great idea as well. So remove them via clips and plugs, etc., don't just rip and cut stuff out. You may HAVE to have that stuff again one day, and if you throw it out, it'll cost you 10 times as much to replace it if you ever need it again.
Also, as others have pointed out, you will at MINIMUM have to get rid of the carb and distributor system and swap it with the pre-CCC stuff. You can take out the CEL bulb and never worry about seeing codes again pretty easy as well.
It's ok if you don't know everything about the CCC system. Nobody does. But you can successfully regress into the 70s with the right skills and knowledge and get where you want to go with your project.