1965 Skylark Gran Sport Kickdown and switch pitch mounting

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Brendan4862

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I just wrote an intro over in the new members area, hello everyone!

My first issue: I am banging my head on how the switch pitch and kickdown are mounted from the factory on the 65 GS with ST300?? Anyone have a picture of a factory set up they can share?? This car has en edlbrock carb with a make-shift kick down on it. There is nothing connected to the SP/VP and after testing with remote power, it does indeed work, just not hooked up. I would like to see how the factory wires are routed and how everything mounts up.

I have scoured the internet, the forums, and asked some restorers, but I find conflicting info on whether there is a VP switch on the linkage towards the back of the engine like in the Riviera, or whether it is a small 'dashpot' esque design towards the front of the engine?

Any pictures or advice on this would be so extremely helpful and I look forward to your replies.
 
Larry, thank you very much for those pictures!!! After cross referencing the manuals that teambuick has graciously provided on the site, I see that in 64 they had the switch on the dashpot, and they went to a switch on the rear throttle bracket in 65, as pictured above. Now the hunt begins to find that specific 'switch' at the back of the throttle linkage close to the firewall.
 
If you scroll to the bottom of the image, CLICK HERE, you will find a picture with the parts descriptions for the downshift linkage on the '65 downshift controls.
 
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