Vernsmith Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Picture attached. There are pieces of steel plate aprox. 3/8in thick and six in. sq. It is trimmed with a cutting torch. Attached to side frame in the engine well, just to the rear of front cross member. I can not find any structural damage or repair that would require this. Is it possible this is factory installed for some reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peecher Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Vern, this was a common practice when guys installed a different engine. The "plates" served as a platform for the engine mounts. You may have to remove them as they might be in the way of the V12 exhaust manifolds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beltfed Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I would think as far forward as these are it would have to be an engine that had front motor mounts like the tri-five Chevys or some of the later 250 and 290 six cylinder Chevys. The 290 was a truck motor with tons of grunt that would move this car along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 39 Pickup Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 My first Lincoln had a Cadillac V 8 in it and steel plates like those for the front motor mounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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