Overhaulin' - Seattle style

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by MickMc

How about some info and pictures on the motor mounts.
I had to make my own. Give us some details.

Mick

I am pretty sure Al used my plans as a guide, and here's what it took to do it in mine.
First of all, here's the site I semi-made for this swap;
http://www.geocities.com/caddyoneton/?200712?200814
It's geo****ties, so it'll only let so many ppl look in an hr. if it goes over, then come back later and finish reading.

Here's a couple photos of my engine stands. They are of the 73 - 87 GM pick up variety, 2 wheel drive, gas engine. They stant a little taller than the 67 - 72 frames, so a bit of a shim was needed to take up some dead space. They had to be placed rather far forward, and the 'flair' for the fuel pump up front on teh passenger framerail had to be bent down.
Then I cut a hole in the center, and placed them on the frame. They ended up right on the tie rod, so I had to trim them.
I think I ended up hitting them with a plazma cutter and making the hole a bit bigger, but you can see where I joined the two holes together.
I also had to unbolt the motor mount from the engine and place it down into the tower, then bolt it back to the engine. Simple step that made life easier. Al may have improved on this.
On the shot where the tower is bolted to the frame, you can see where I had to trim it up a bit.

[IAFF2407]

Thx Andy, your thread is exactly what Mark and I used. We did cut out (plasma) for the "guide" bump on the bracket. The thread was a great help.

Al.

[pumpkin]

Heres some pics

[67Cowboy]

These build threads are so cool ! Back in the 70's we were in need of another truck and found a cherry Black '67 F_rd F150 at a give away price because it was an old 300 6cyl (broke crank) with 3spd on the column, and few people wanted them in a day when Automatics and big V8s with A/C were the thing to have.
We ditched the 6 cyl. for a less than 20,000 mile 472 cid Caddy that had been totaled by our buddy at the local State Farm Insurance Co. after a granny pulled her 20' DeVille out in front of somebody and got T-boned. We found a B.P.O.-C. Bell housing and Pontiac Fly-wheel and bolted it all together. We did have to elongate the top two bolt holes on the front of the high geared F-150 three speed to get it to bolt to the B.P.O.-C. bell house and we built motor stands because they were like a foot from the 6 Cyl. towers.
It was a Monster !!! It would do 55 mph at like 1200 rpms you could be going 35 in first gear and white smoke the tires going into second and then you could stay in second to over 70 mph. It was the only 3 spd truck I ever saw that you could go from 55 to a 120 in like 4 seconds. On top of all that you could get 21-25 MPG if you stayed out of the big Rochester.
So I give this 500 cid SUBDVLL a 10+ I wish I could afford a Gear Vender to go behind my 400TH in my GMC 1-TON !!! NIce job really looks nice !!!!

[MickMc]

Originally Posted by pumpkin

Heres some pics

What is that Hydro boost out of, year make and model.


Help a guy out.

Mick

[pumpkin]

Originally Posted by MickMc

What is that Hydro boost out of, year make and model.


Help a guy out.

Mick

That ones out of a 94 chev 3/4 ton pu. They are not just bolt in. You have to do a bit of fabbing, and relocate the pivot on tha brake pedal.

[MickMc]

Thanks, I'll be at the 'nickled and dimed' at u-pull-it this week end looking around.

I'm also going to find a rear AC unit out of a suburban, I think it might make a great fit behind the dash in my 67, I think...


Mick