So I'm finally forcing myself to get my car on the road, hopefully making it to Atlanta later this year.  One of the things that I knew I would need to deal with was the throttle linkage.  I have an early 260 and while I am still running the Flat Tops, I got rid of the pollution control bastard balance tube and replaced it with a balance tube from a 240.  The issue is that the throttle linkage that I have is now too short.  My stock 260 linkage from the balance tube to the firewall is ~9" so it doesn't engage the part that is attached to the firewall - it actually falls short by less than .25".  I called Capt. O and he confirmed that the linkage on his 76' is longer. Of course if I ask him about anything his is longer....  I think I should be able to find a linkage part from a later model and it will work fine.  Does anybody out there have any experience with this, or even better old linkage laying around after they converted to tripps?  Looking on Ebay it looks like there are linkage parts that are about 11.5" long....

Here's the summary. Do any of you 280 guys who converted to triples or cable linkage have this part laying around left over?

 

Here's a pic of the part needed. This part of the linkage off a 280Z: