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Old 09-14-2016, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by KevinW View Post
Biggest problems for the linkage are the height of the footboxes (several inches higher than an original, and interfacing to the gas pedal. Original cars had a nice pendulum fixing on top of the footbox. Thats not possible for me without a lot of retrofitting and fettling. So, in the interests of actually getting the car on the road sometime soon, its a compromise I'll have to make.
I think you are describing the 289 cars throttle linkage. The 427 cars have a little different system that comes off of the side of the foot box, up front. Our ERAs are a little different than original cars I'm sure, but similar.

I don't have the best picture of it but if you look at the side of the black metal bent plate on the side of the left foot box, you can see the shaft and bellcrank that comes out there.

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