I have an old Edelbock 1901 on top of an E-brock manifold on my 455. Edelbrock sells a heat activated, spring controlled choke setup for those manifolds. I believe it is listed as a Chevy choke system for the E-brock manifolds.
The choke housing mounts on top of the metal plate you talked about in your original message. I had to "adapt" (bend) the included choke activation level to get my 1901 choke system to function properly.
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