It sounds like your clutch is actually rod operated.
A friend's '73 was, where my '76 was cable. There was a period of a couple of years where Morgan 4/4 used a rod linkage, rather than cable.
I know a man who may still have that rod linkage, but he's a bit difficult to get hold of. That '73 car now sports a Zetec engine, rather than the old X-flow and I suspect the clutch is now cable operated.
