Thank everyone of you for the kind words and the knowledge that I gain by being a member here. I look forward to seeing each of you this fall in Kansas and if everything goes according to plan I intend to bring the car. I started it and ran it about 20 minutes today at 2500 RPM and it seems that everything is OK.
Cecil, yep, the early '61 409 motors did have the 3012 carbs, at some point during the year they switched to the 3270 carb with the rear inlet. The photos of the Gurney car show a front fuel inlet.
Bob, your comment about the clean shop belongs in the Funnies & Jokes section!!!
Leo, I copied that fuel line from an original '62 380 horse motor, I think it's pretty close to being right even though it looks kinda silly
The discussion about the pilot bearing was very beneficial to me as was the discussion that we had a month or so ago about the temperature sending units. I had installed a new sending unit in this motor and when I started it the temperature went right out of sight before the thermostat even opened. I cut it off and took the sending unit out of the old motor and put in the new one and there were no more temperature problems.
Clean this one up, wrap it up and set it aside and start on something else, I'm working on my '61 Pontiac next. I've had that car for 5 years and have never shown it, every time I get ready to start on it something turns up a something else moves in front of it, not this time. The Pontiac doesn't need a lot, just a month or two of TLC.
Thanks again,