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12 hours ago, 31pontiac said:

      Not enough room in the dash for all of the gauges and switches so I made 2 “accessory“     panels ,  one to house the choke and ‘61 Pontiac ignition switch and the other for the A/C controls.

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Nice job! Your additions blend right in.

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I know this comes down to personal preference, old school looks or whatever, but I am curious.

Why are you going with a manual choke? Wouldn't an automatic choke carb been a lot easier?

Regardless, I respect your choice and I think your fab work is great and ingenious. Keep up the good work.

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   Thanks Frosty.   Yes , an automatic choke would have been easier,  but  I wanted period ( ‘60’s ) looking dual quads  (AFBs).  My engine builder found this pair of Carter 500’s online with no automatic choke and I said OK.   I like the SD 421 inference.  

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   Here are a couple of details I hadn’t posted yet.

   The ‘58 Chevrolet Bel Air taillights were chosen due to their  ‘60’s showrod feel.  The push bars and rear spreader bar/ license plate plate bracket were fabricated from bar stock and an original NOS Hollywood license plate lamp was used to keep that vintage feel.

    The front spreader bar is a Model A brake bar trimmed to fit between the frame rails. It was chosen because it compliments the      “V”ed shape of the grille

     These parts and a few others were dropped off at the chrome shop at Hershey last week.

 

    

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Very cool update. Any particular reason for the Olds tips? The cool factor? I had them lying around the shop?

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That's a better story than I expected 31pontiac. Thanks for sharing that one. Inspired by history. I like it!

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