Small block question
The thing your kick down is connected to is the throttle stud. The kick down should be connected to it on the outside, and the throttle cable connected to the part on the inside (next to the carb where your kickdown is connected now). It looks like something is put in the slot of the kickdown - That is probably because the kick down is still one for the original 318 two barrel and was never corrected when converted to a 4 barrel - it's too short. Edelbrock makes a piece that goes between the two sections of the kickdown rod to correct for that.
Here is a picture of a correctly situated linkage:
The thing your kick down is connected to is the throttle stud. The kick down should be connected to it on the outside, and the throttle cable connected to the part on the inside (next to the carb where your kickdown is connected now). It looks like something is put in the slot of the kickdown - That is probably because the kick down is still one for the original 318 two barrel and was never corrected when converted to a 4 barrel - it's too short. Edelbrock makes a piece that goes between the two sections of the kickdown rod to correct for that.
Here is a picture of a correctly situated linkage: