Before you do any bending on the pedal rod, make sure all the other stuff is right. The rod from the pedal to the throttle rod is weirdly shaped and looks like some sort of homemade junk. It's not. It has a fat part and a thin part and curves/bends in it from the factory.

1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)

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