Congratulations on the manifold. Sometimes you have to bite the bullet and buy this stuff when you find it. Until the last several years most of the six cylinder equipment was pretty cheap except for things like 12 port heads which have always been pricey. I like Eddie Edmunds pieces because he made such a variety of things for engines other than Ford and Chevy.
Edmunds has you covered for heat with the hot water tube that runs through your manifold. I see it also has holes in the carb bases for the linkage rod. You can set up some nice solid carb linkage that won't be hanging by wimpy little brackets. Your Dual exhaust Ideas are the way it was done and will work well. Almquest used to make things for those who could not afford factory parts. They made both carb and exhaust flanges to weld onto stock manifolds.
PS Thanks for answering the Continental question.
Last edited by Beater of the Pack; 12/20/15 10:00 PM.
