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Moose, I am not sure i understand. I assume that you don't mean the bracket that I already have (that no longer has a place to mount). Can you please help me understand what you are referring to? Thanks, Rebecca

Wow. I will try and contact him. That is exactly what I want to do (but my intake does not have the mounting place for the control cable brackets). thanks for finding these pictures. Rebecca

Yes. something like that is exactly what I had in mind. I was hoping that someone here has done something like this and had pictures. Thanks for the drawing. Rebecca

That is exactly what I was trying to describe above. I wish that I could see a picture of a setup like that. Thanks, Rebecca

Does it bolt by drilling a hole in the manifold? A friend of mine suggested creating a plate shaped like the carburetor gasked that goes under each carburetor and sticks out from there to support the linkage hardware. Rebecca

I can't quite tell how they are supporting that linkage. Is it bolted somehow to the intake? This does look interesting. Do you know where I can view a larger image of it? Rebecca

well I certainly know about carb ice. I fly an airplane that has a manual carb heat control for when you need to heat induction air to melt ice. I have to use it only when it is cold and humid. Rebecca

Moose, I am honored that you would make such an offer. However, as much as I lust after your intake, I think that I will be happy with my Fenton. Thanks for the offer. I am sure I will want to bounce some ideas off you sometime. Rebecca

I like Petes cable solution. My only concern is that it is less "vintage" looking (but I might do something like that too). Regarding your setup. Yours is blocked off correct (you did not leave it uncovered right)? Thanks, Rebecca

I am probably running cast iron headers. I won't be driving in the winter. All of my cars that have a heat riser have it stuck in the already warmed up postion (including my current exhaust manifold on the plymouth). I have never noticed a particular problem warming up. I did use the choke when it is cold (but that would only be spring and fall - not really cold weather when there is salt on the road). If I just blocked it up would it be the equivalent of how my current one is set up. Also, I would think that since it is aliminum, it would just heat up by being next to the exhaust headers. what do you think? Rebecca

should I make an aluminum plate to seal up the heat riser connection? Rebecca

This early Fenton. Rebecca

Wow that is slick! What carburetors are those. How concerned do I need to be about having too much carburetor for my 230? (2 carbs). My engine is pretty stock. I don't want to make the mistake that my husband made with his cuda (he already tried jetting it down and that was not enough). Rebecca

Moose, I see that your dual manifolds have the stud direction 90 deg to mine (carbs are oriented differently). Here is another pic of yours (a thing of beauty): http://www.pangalacticconsortium.com/cars/CarEvents2009/AlterBoys/imgpages/image331.html Rebecca

moose, I forgot to say, I like what you did, it is well designed and robust. Rebecca

I can't believe this but I don't have a picture of my linkage/manifolds the way it looks now (only a nice picture of it before i installed the linkage and new cables). Here is a picture of it the way I got it. The accelerator pedal actuator rod goes across the back of the firewall and the bents 90% deg forward on the right side of the engine. I was hoping to use the same scheme. Moose, I did not think to check your pictures. I see that your linkage is on the left side of the carbs ( mine is on the right), but you appear to have the same type of rod that goes across the back of the firewall. It appears that yours does not have the the 90 deg bend in it (but it is hard to see in your pics). I wil check some of my pics. I want to still keep my manual choke and manual throttle (in lieu of high idle cam). I wanted to keep some of the vintage features of the car. Thanks, Rebecca

Does anyone have a dual carb setup with the linkages set up like the older cars, on the right side of the carburetors instead of pulling straight towards the middle of the head. If so, can I see some pictures. Thanks, Rebecca

Hm. I used the A/B method. I should recheck this spring. Rebecca

I used paint from Hirsch auto for my Buick. I was very happy with it. I think that their paint is very high quality and you can get the correct color from them if you are looking for that. For my Plymouth I was impatient and just got some ordinary brand from an autostore. No problems with quality yet. Rebecca

I am interested in finding some headers like these but I wonder if it would be hard to adjust the valves. Can someone tell me how hard it is to adjust the valve clearances with headers (such as the cast iron ones above)? Thanks, Rebecca

I am in Eastern Mass. I am interested in any idea. However, I do like what Moose's Tattersfield vintage speed intake: http://www.pangalacticconsortium.com/cars/CarEvents2009/AlterBoys/imgpages/image331.html Rebecca

I did want to upgrade the intake/carb for a bigger carburetor for the 230. My 1936 manifold has the stud spacing for the smaller original carburetor. I may infact, look for some vintage speed parts and go dual intake and exhaust. However, initially I was more interested in getting it running well (still my priority). My philosophy with this car is not to ruin the stock look of the car but to permit myself to have a little fun with the engine/drive train as long as I keep it vintage looking. This is why I painted the engine black and dressed it up a bit. I did not want someone to think that I was trying to do a correct restoration (no there is no doubt). I am building a modifed air cleaner for it too (no billet). I should have that ready in the spring. I agree about this car vs a Ford. Also, if it was a Ford it would have cost twice as much. Shhhhhhh don't tell anyone or the will drive the price up. Rebecca

I have done the same for all 5 of my old cars. The one for my Buick is more interesting (some of the chronology got messed up). I have had some people email me thanking for the pictures because they forgot how to put their car back together: http://www.pangalacticconsortium.com/cars/Buick/index.html Rebecca

I use my camera to document things so that I can refer to them later. Unfortunately I did not have my camera on some of the days and I forgot to take some pictures. It is useful to refer to them. Rebecca

This is the time of year that I look at my pictures a lot and think about spring and next summer. It is a looooong time to wait. Rebecca