Fixing cobbled throttle linkage?

So this CMC speedster I snagged is pretty clean and the prep seems ok elsewhere. However, there is a pivot/bushing that is in the center of the engine, with linkages going to each carb. The bracket looks home made and is an aluminum tube, with all thread running through it! Is there a pre made clean looking linkage setup ai can buy? I'm not sure what carbs it has either. I'll get you guys some pics.

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I thought you passed on the black one with tan VS interior (posted in your profile)?

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ACC-C10-5476

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C12-1551-23

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C12-1551-13

Just need to get right ones for the carbs.

Wolfgang, the guy called me back , seeing as I must have been the only guy ready to pay cash. Guess he got tired of the tire kickers and called me back and came to my terms!

KW - congrats on picking up that Speedster. Now the fun (Madness) begins. Probably best to refit your set-up with an updated replacement.

Every VW owner has at some point had to McGuyver a repair job while on the road. Throttle/linkage are common culprits. Case in point is the repair pictured below. Broken throttle cable with no spare (200 miles from home). Add 1 shoestring and off we go (made it all the way home, and then some)...

IN fact, that repair was made by Jim in 2004 and because of a hectic social schedule AND an innate laziness, he's STILL running with that cobbled-up thing TODAY!

ok, I'm kidding........He finally fixed it with Duct Tape and his pocket knife last week.

But his cobbled linkage is THE reason that Lane Anderson changed over to that same bell-crank linkage on his car.

KW: Photos of what you have now is about the only way you'll get a decent answer on here...

In the meantime, CB Performance makes a pretty cool dual carb linkage that most of us (except for Jim and Lane) use and it's here:

http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=545

And here:

http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=509

I'm jus' sayin'.

Gordon know of what he speaks!!

When the throttle cable breaks and you're in a pinch, kick off your shoes, pull and tie the shoe laces together, tie one end to the carb linkage and pull gently "weee weeeeeee weeeeeeee all the way home"....

Awesome!

$7.95, crap these Porsche parts are crazy expensive. :>)

Wait until you price the shoe laces on your Porsche brand driving shoes!

They are dual purpose, after all.

Tri purpose if you have a willing female...

And the imagination starts to run wild.....
LOL