Hot Rods Lakewood scattershield question

Many years ago I bought a Lakewood scatter shield for a chevy.....it didn't come with the block plate. I'd like to fab one up but I don't know how thick the original plate was. Can somebody measure theirs and post it here?
Thanks

 

About 3/16" IIRC

 

Rocky -
Got one without the plate myself. Haven't had the need for it, but noticed that Speedway sells the "motor plate only'' for their explosion proof bellhousing. Item 515-8651 $69.99 Not Lakewood brand.

 

Or you can buy them from Lakewood. Quick measurement on my FE was 1/8th. One for a SBF was .150

 

My Lakewood plate for SBC is .132, just under 10 ga. steel.

 

I gots a aluminum one if you need to make a pattern.

 

Haven't been under mine recently. But from memory 3/16" seems about right (sbc).

 

My Lakewood block plate also measures .132.

 

0.132"...great and thanks everybody! Joe, I may take a mini road trip to P.J. with a hunk-o-cardboard to take a pattern off'n yours..0.132'....got it.

 

Food for thought. Isn't the pattern on the lower half of the scatter shield ? Sure you've got to figure out the starter hole and oil pan notch. But really, how hard is that if one has the tools and ability already to make a duplicate ?

 

Yeah, but I want to get the crank-hole and starter hole right the first time and the real reason? I wanna go visit JOE COOL and see his project 57 chevy.

 

Half way thru my day I realized I was thinking inspection cover in describing how to make one. There's still the upper half to deal with. Carry on as planned.

 

There's a pic early in my homemade bellhousing thread that has locating dimensions of the block mounting holes and the center of the crankshaft hole... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/another-homemade-bellhousing-thread.555286/

 

As is there in my post in the Lincoln Y block forum. It is really easy for the block plate. You only need to get the trans bearing retainer hole centered on the shield itself. If the block plate is a little off, who cares.

 

I bet you could lay the bellhousing on a piece of paper and trace it, locate the crank hole from the dowel pin holes, crank hole is generous don't need to be exact at all. Blocksaver plate has a lot more holes in different places than the holes going into the block anyway.

 

^^^^^ Last 3 posting's "Did I do that ?"