Thanks again for the kind feedback.
Today I received a great photo from Roger showing me the real configuration of the manifold. i spent most of the morning learning how to bend eve tighter loops in the tubing.
After some time I got it pretty close.
My first go at the new shape looked pretty good
So I went for some lunch and ruminated over it, and redid the bottom part and added the new threaded end. Yesterday I made a #5x 64 tap which I used for the threads in the end ready for the carb.
Now I can get on with the carb.
Mike