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Throttle Linkage/Cable Help...Ideas??

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THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER:
Countin Carbs,
I faced a nearly identical situatrion when restoring my Logghe car (except, being a Ford everything is symmetrically opposite on the engine) and I chose your PLAN B.

I'm sorry I do not have a better pic.
Gas pedal on the right, barely visible behind the red shield mounted off the lower frame rail. You see the mandated throttle return toe loop on the pedal.
Then through a couple of bellhousing mounted bell cranks with Heim jointed links to a short (yellow) cable out the top of the body work just behind the block plate. The yellow cable is actually just a piece of nylon air line with a piece of stainless steel welding wire inside it, threaded on each end for small heim ends. I carry a  spare stainless wire with me but it has never broken. Then to a common intermediate shaft with additional adjustable Heim jointed links for each carb which in my case are sideways mounted.

Whew. When I was done I counted 138 separate pieces needed to make up the linkage. But it works well. Good luck with your project.

Countn Carbs:
Thank You Guys!!  I appreciate the help/ideas and input.  I'll see what i can come up with on getting to the left side of the car before I go through the mid-plate and rethink my steering box setup.

jeff/21:
The steering I would add a gusset and move the pitman shaft bearing closer to the arm I used a nylon block on top of the frame but you would have to mount it under or to the outside using something like a pillow block from a go-kart. as for the throttle  I have used cable from a mountain bike they have threaded ends so you can use female rod ends and are very flexible

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