I've been working on the clutch linkage to get it freed up, de-rusted and painted. I replaced the bushings and retainer + fresh grease on the bell crank. Mostly installed now.
Also found the LH exhaust manifold (from 73 Firebird) on my new engine seemed too close to the lower A-arm so I got the one off my old 350. The passages on the old one are a little smaller. Pictured are the original LH next to the RH (65 GTO). I painted with 2000 degree VHT Primer.
I'm thinking the size difference isn't going to matter much since it's not really a high-performance engine.
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