looking for alittle help with a throttle hookup from firewall out to the L-69 (3x2) on a 68 442 anyone have a pic of the hook up ? thanx

 

I ran the L69 setup on my first '68 442 for a summer back in the early '80s(I wish I hadn't sold it!!!) I made up an adjustable cable bracket that mounted to both the drivers side rear carb mounting bolts. I used a nut & bolt with a jamb nut for attaching the cable to the center carb. Once the cable was attached to the carb I played around with the cable bracket until I had it in position so the throttle worked correctly. I honestly can't remember if I started with a factory bracket & cut it up, but It seems to me I made the whole thing from scratch, cutting the square hole for the cable from scratch. It was 2 or 3 pieces & once I was happy with the location I marked the parts, drilled holes & bolted everything together. The factory 4bbl cable worked just fine. I attached the return spring to the hole in the engine lift strap. I did find a pic of the setup but it's not that clear. I was running a "W45" spec 455(308 cam/headers,etc. it was a beast!!

 

thank u for the info! i read an old thread on here a guy used a 2bbl bracket/cable, bending it to work. im sure it wont be hard to figure out, and yes pic is alittle hard to see

 

I can't believe I still had a pic of the setup. The date on the pic is June '82! It was a grainy pic taken with a cheapy camera, so it definitely didn't scan too well! Good luck with your L69 setup!. You'll be stopping at many more gas stations!!! I couldn't keep my foot out of mine, The 900 cfm it delivered worked great with the 308 cam & the sound was Awesome!!! The car pic was taken by my buddies dad in '80 just after I finished it! He had an excellent camera. Oh to be 20 again!!!

 

thanx, love the photo this is mine, was auto changed to 4spd

 

Mine was too. It was originally an auto on the column with buckets!. It was a factory a/c car & I added lots of options when I restored it(that was the thing to do back then) I put in pwr windows, pwr antenna, tilt wheel rear defroster ,rally-pac, etc. I also had the later 4 spoke sport wheel like I see you have in yours(nicest looking factory steering wheel ever made!!). I loved that car!! It was "the one that got away"! I'm very happy with the '68 I have now it's a #s matching 400(350 hp) with a 4 spd & factory a/c. It runs great, but it's no match for my old 455!! Your cars looks great!!!!

 

I swear, I was born 15 years too late.

When I started driving the salvage yards still had plenty of old iron, but the desirable stuff had long before been picked over. Would have ben nice to walk into a salvage yard and find 442, GTO, etc

 

Why would anybody put a L69 setup on a 68? What's next?

 

Taking an L69 off of a 66 and putting it on a 76 98?

 

LOL I was just messin with him,he just bought a complete L-69 setup from me.