I had to move the mounts back to clear the Fentons as outlets pointed straight at OEM mount. Chevy ram horns would easily fit but I wanted something different. I didn't use a Hurst style mount due to low mount accessories and didn't want them up top so I had to hide them. There is a reinforcing rib on rear and a machined recess to clear engine mount.
These are a much harder durometer than the standard suspension bushings. Considering the lighter weight of my aluminum engine I'd expect them to last forever.
Used the old style Hurst mount, put a joggle on both sides. Clears the fuel pump and gave me more room for the Vega box. Will clean up and maybe add a few holes.
I designed my car to drop the flathead and T-5 out of the bottom of the car rather than dis***emble the radiator, grille and front end so the motor mounts and trans mount had to bolt in. I welded in threaded bungs through the boxed frame and built these out of some stainless that was laying around . I know, a bit overkill on the thickness of the material but if ever replace the flathead with a booster rocket I wont have to re-engineer the mounts. Always plan ahead
I have never built a belly****on car (whatever Ford); a '36 Pontiac 4dr sedan, '36 Willys coupe, '58 Nash Metropolitan, Ed Roth Mysterion clone, etc., etc. My wife calls me "Bracket Man".
Mounts El Hueso (Wes) did for my modified. Chevy 250 straight six. Probably my favorite thing on the car so far.
Here are the rear motor mounts I made for my '53 Chevy pickup. Ran a late 50s 235 mated to a 200R4 OD ****** so lost the stock 50s bell housing mounts. I made the 3/8" steel ones, bolted them tot he adaptor plate with 3/8" flathead screws from the back side, they sit on early Ford motor mounts on the frame rails.
Got any pics of the Nash? What motor is in it. I'm about to build the wife a 59 metropolitan and need ideas. I'm thinking 4.3, fat man fab front end, 9" rear with 4 link. You got any suggestions? Advice? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
1964 Lions Dragstrip scale Hello, Atts Ono was an all around athlete with skills to be a Division 1 college basketball player. This was in the time period where a 5’5” ball handling/shooting guard was still a big part of the basketball scene. There were no 6’9” guards bringing the ball down court as yet…that was to be later in the 70s. At 5’8” tall, I was the center and he was the play making guard on our local AAU basketball team from the Westside of Long Beach. (who ever heard of a 5’8” center? Ha!) Throughout this time period, we all like hot rods and drag racing, since our indoor basketball practice court was just a ½ block away from Lions Dragstrip. It was the one thing that drew our attention away from the active sports scene locally. As time moved on, I tried my skills as a guard on our high school basketball team. But, now, I was playing guard with and against 6’6”+ players that could swat anything I shot or p***ed. It was disheartening. I was in a forest of tall athletic trees and could not do anything about it. Atts Ono knew the writing on the wall. We little guys had no chance to play and be successful on the high school game. His interests in hot rods drew him back and he became a master machinist. He decided to stay with his drag racing/ hot rod builds and made a career out of being a fantastic machinist with skills that were put into place during his 1940 Willys coupe build for the B/Gas cl***. Almost everything on that pristine 40 Willys was machined and detailed for a functioning racing part that could not be duplicated elsewhere. Blocks of aluminum were purchased from the Long Beach Douglas Aircraft Surplus Lot on Carson Ave. It was the "go to" place. The surplus yard had some neat stuff and it was not too expensive. If it was aluminum on the red 40 Willys, it was machined from a block or plate of aluminum. Jnaki Our 40 Willys paled in comparison to what we were seeing being built on his Willys, during our Gas Coupe cl*** time period. We bought various items to make our Willys able to meet the compe***ion rules and be safe. Atts Ono machined almost the same parts necessary for his coupe build. It took him a lot longer to present the finished build to the public. The best known example was: Our motor mounts were adapted from the stock mounts to fit the Willys ch***is. He designed his own one piece aluminum plate to act as the front motor mount on his blown SBC motor. That design actually had a twofold application. It easier to put the motor in the ch***is with the level one piece mount. But, out of the car, it could be placed on the front motor mount and a sturdy milk crates on the garage floor. Shock mounts, brake fittings, a custom ch***is mount for the Moon Tank, small aluminum water tank, various motor and other ch***is parts and fittings. All hand made to a perfect functioning, fit and finish. 10.70 130 mph, ¼ mile at the 1964 debut, This was 4 years after our final show at Lions Dragstrip in Summer of 1960. At the time, he had his basic Willys coupe, but it was in the very early raw form. He was happy to have been a part of our build and crew. He helped tremendously in the aftermath of our accident. I was asked to come back to Lions to film the debut of his beautiful red 1940 Willys coupe at an all Gas Coupe and Sedan Meet in 1964. The biggest names in the Gas Coupe and Sedan Cl***es were there to see who was the "King of the Divisions." It was a first on the West coast and pretty impressive. What about my high school basketball career? In one year, I grew 3 inches and gained 40 lbs, so now I was varsity football material for the rest of high school and beyond. 5’11” in the high school 16-18 years, was OK with me, when I had to go against those different, bigger guys in football. After graduating, I grew approximately, another inch to 6 feet + 3/4 inches. That would certainly have helped at age 15. Atts Ono at the Lions debut in 1964. Thanks, (ElGringo71) ...Jason!
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