I finally got the engine to fit pretty well. There is still some tweaking that needs to be completed. As all of you know other duties have taken me away for the project for the moment. Has anyone else ever felt that restoring a car is like the dime movies we use to go to on Saturday morning. The movies would go to some exciting point and stop. You had to spend the whole week waiting to get back to the movies to see what happened. Then it would start all over again. To be continued.
Don

The engine is in the chassis again. The side and transmission mounts now fit fine. The front mount is mounted under the frame. This did allow the other mounts to fall into place. The remaining problem is that the engine bracket now rests on the frame. The motor mount in the front is not creating a clearance as it should. Does anyone have a front motor mount in good condition? Could you give me the amount that the inner cast piece of the mount sticks up beyond the holes in the frame? Does anyone have one they would like to sell?
Don

Don, you can have your original front mount re ruubbered at the www.fillingstation.com , part number 60-502

Jack, Thanks I've looked into doing this. And this may be the only thing I can do. Two things have stopped me from this at the time. One is money to have all the motor mounts redone at one time is a hunk of cash. Two there is quite a long wait before the parts return. I was hoping I could older parts for now and replace with the re manufactured parts later. Part of my hurry was I wanted to get the chassis finished enough so I could put the body back on the car. Right now the car is using two spaces in my garage and I have other cars needing work. Some people have way too many projects. Do you know anyone like that:).
Don
Don

Hi Don,
If you don't want to re rubber them straight away, cut a pair of 3/16 or 1/4" rubber washers and put them onto the mount in between the mount and engine, that will give you some time and increase the clearance.

Great plan thanks.
Don

Here are the pictures from the engineering book about motor mounts. This book is the ultimate find.

Big day yesterday. The body is back on the car. :) I finished putting the drive line together a couple of days ago. The Clutch parts came from FS. And with all the rebuild of the clutch parts everything works great. The body went back on yesterday. Some of you may wander why I put the body on now. I need the space. I need to put a new oil pump in my 1972 240Z that I've had since new. Like many of you on the forum I have many projects. Any way I'm bringing my blog on the 33 up to date this a.m. Here is the picture with the body on.


http://33chevymaster5window.blogspot.com/

Well the 33 is going to have a longer wait. While working on the Datsun 240Z I found that the head gasket also had a small leak. So as always that little job seems to get bigger and bigger.
Don

Finally got back to the 33 yesterday. Working on the heat riser.

Yesterday I did some work on fitting wooden and metal floor piece in the body. It sure feels great to get some work done. I'll try and include some pictures later. I don't know what was done to seal the spaces between the floor boards and frame etc in the original cars. I would like to make a complete seal between all parts as possible. Anyone have suggestions or examples of what they did? In restoring Airstream trailers there were several thing that I did that make quite a bit of difference in the comfort of the vehicle.
Open for ideas.
Don

This is one of the sheet metal parts that came with my 33 Chevy 5 window. I believe it is a pan that fits in-between the engine and the frame. Can anyone help with it's location?

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This is another piece of sheet metal

This is an engine splash pan. Don't know what the other piece is.