You don't have to take the entire rod off, but one end must come loose so that you can slide it out of the bulkhead. The hand throttle assembly itself has several hidden bolts. Make sure that you have them all off. There are one or two that bolt up through the lower gauge plate and several at the back, if I remember right.
61 II 109" Pickup (Restomod, 350 small block, TR4050)
66 IIA 88" Station Wagon (sold)
66 IIA 109" Pickup (Restomod, 5MGE, R380)
67 IIA 109" NADA Wagon (sold)
88, 2.5TD 110 RHD non-hicap pickup
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