The spirit of hotrodding twin carb tech

I wanted something for the 260, not too much like the 2x4s you can find and not the $$ of the new 3x2 set ups. I has looked at the efi lower but the conversions were still out of budget so I did this;
freeby 302 efi lower (I had to remove it)
Friendly local machinist hogged it out for free too.
Then add a couple of the old pickup truck coolant spacers. I will plumb them in. Now my plan was to just weld them on but free advice from free machist is to make a plate to screw to the plenum that the carbs can be bolted to.
Then I got another 63 260 carb (you could use 500 holleys if you wanted)
I will also use pickup truck carbs to donate the required manual choke parts.
Right now I am less than $40 out of pocket for my homemade inline 4 bbl. Autolite. I figure with kits, welding, linkage ect less than $200 to have it up and running
Whatcha think?

Very creative, no one else will have one like it. That's hot rodding at it's best.

Thanks Bob.
Nobody really reads the tech stuff much, do they? I really thought I would get some comments or suggestions on this project.

That looks pretty cool there.

Keep it up

That's gonna look great and should work fine...........Use 1/2 inch aluminum plate, drill and tap and you are ready to roll!

Willowbilly3,
Langdon sells Weber-Holley 2 barrels that are progressive for straight 6's. Using two of them would provide 1 barrel for each half of the plenum when cruising. Might be a lot easier to tune. Of course, don't buy new ones, very pricey, but find the same thing on carbed 4 cyl. Ford small cars.

The linkage will take some sideways thinking, but a good start

ascenttm said:

The linkage will take some sideways thinking, but a good start

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I haven't head scratched the linkage all the way out yet, got some ideas though.
There are some Ranger carbs that are a 2 bbl with a primary and a secondary and they might be a good idea. I really want to see what all 4 working at once can do. Since they are teeny, .98 venturi, I don't think it would be any different than having a 500 2 bbl. except with 4 in a row there won't be any long runners like a dual plane 2 bbl intake would have.

That really is creative WB3. It should leave a few people scratching their heads too. The linkage shouldn't be too much of a problem should it? Something similar to the linkages used when mounting two Holley 4 bbls sideways on a blower or tunnel ram should work.

Gastrick said:

That really is creative WB3. It should leave a few people scratching their heads too. The linkage shouldn't be too much of a problem should it? Something similar to the linkages used when mounting two Holley 4 bbls sideways on a blower or tunnel ram should work.

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Nah, it won't be hard at all. If I can find an old 300-6 I can get the 90 degree belcrank, then run a shaft down the side with both throttle arms coming off. Atleast one of the throttle linkages to the carbs will need to have adjustment.
I plan to run a similiar shaft down the opposite side for the chokes. Spoon pedal assembly off the 46 pickup. I am trying to keep this whole car in the spirit of the 50s and not buy aftermarket parts but use what the junkyards and my creativity offers up, plus I am trying to keep it as Ford as possible too.

Now, that's what the hobby is all about ! Using what you have at hand & making it work. Looks like you're working this out nicely & will definitely not be the usual.