Thanks for sharing a bit of insight of your past Jer. Makes me think back on some good ole memories of back in the day.
My first thoughts were of my brother and I working till midnight putting together a motor on a hopped up Datsun p/u. We'd just finished up putting in the SSS head, cam, and side draft weber but the stores were all closed and we needed a throtle cable. We ended up putting my brother in the engine comprtment to work the throttle and we drove it around the block this way.