['68OrangeSunshine]

All that being said, on my last engine rebuild, I converted to a GM '72 gas pedal and a Lokar throttle cable to overcome an L6 w/ side-mounted 4 barrel carb issue. The old way, with the throttle pushrod and _aftermarket bellcrank_, was too much of a Rube Goldberg affair, and frequently jammed, lost critical hairpin pieces, iced up and never got wide open throttle. Always at the most awkward times. Another gripe was that the OEM pedal [after about 250,000 - 300,000 daily driver miles] would pop off the outboard ballstud, fold under the throttle bail and jam the action. For a long time I ran with no gas pedal, and touched the wire bail with the ball of my foot. OK in town, but on a long drive -- Tucson to LA for instance -- I got fearsome foot, calf and knee cramps. Big wafflestomper hiking boots helped, sometimes.

But for stock applications, the '67-'68 gas pedal/throttle system works fine.