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Thank you guys! The encouragement is definitely appreciated at this point! No fuel added yet Mark and I don't think it's in the correct firing order stik! lol.

This morning I worked on the throttle linkage at the intake manifold starting with the base bracket. I formed it and added the retaining bolt heads and then installed both levers and a retaining nut onto both levers at the "pivot point". I actually went over this morning on time so I'm running short on that this morning.

Here's my reference photo that took me forever to find because I was looking for a carburetor and linkage configuration that I felt I could actually pull off.



and here's the bracket and linkage that mounts up at the base of the intake manifold....(the camera kept trying to focus my hand instead of the part but I finally got it after a few shots).



I forgot to post this earlier but the throttle linkage came from a place called Model Car Garage.....



The nut and boltheads came from the same place..... (every now and then I get the urge to build a 1/24 scale warbird...some of this stuff would come in real handy there....)

Got some extra bench time in later this morning. I've got to install a couple of pieces of hardware to top this all off but you're lookin' at about 95% complete right here. I've still gotta add the accelerator pedal linkage but that's it.

Remember that turn signal bulb that I broke and stole the filament out of? I used it as the throttle return spring......

extrem detiled engine, this PE parts make the model engine to real one

I could swear I'm looking at a full scale engine and not some tiny thing made of plastic. That is some amazing and awesome photo-etch parts for that model; I am surely looking forward to seeing more.

Damn, if my dad saw this he would have me out there with him early on some Saturday morning having me help him work on it...

That is looking really fantastic - Well done Sir!

I hope this pickup has a removable hood, so all this great work doesn't go to waste!

Thanks fellas!!!

Stuart: The hood will be hinged and will be in the raised position during shows.

I started work on the common fuel rail for the carburetors. I used .062" diameter solder as a basis for it and drilled two holes in the sides for the fuel inlet lines to the carbs and one in the end at the back of the fuel rail for the fuel inlet line from the fuel pump. I shot some gloss black over it and set it aside to dry. In a few days I'll shoot a coat of chrome alclad over it to give it a nice shine.

I put the air inlet horns on top of the carburetors today. Man does that engine stand tall in the frame! I feel pretty good about where I'm at with this build right now.



As I put this build back up in its holding cell I noticed that the "down low" view gave it an even more aggressive stance so I brought it back down and took a picture of it that way.....

Sweet! This is almost like watching Tim Taylor build his Hot Rod on Home Improvement. This is a bit more fun though since it is so continuous. Keep plugging man!

LOL! Thanks Mark!! I've gotta say that this build is finally starting to become fun because for the longest time it seemed I was working away but the build progress seemed to stay at a stand still. The amount of planning and overcoming the many obstacles so far that went into this one are probably the culprits! My vision seems to always be a couple of car lengths ahead of my ability for a short time and then I seem to always catch up.