The Roofus Special

[deerchooper]

looks good flipper.

your motor mount, do you have the room to do a big/ lazy m shape from frame rail to rail. might give you clearance for your steering shaft and filter plus tie the 2 rails together.

just an opinion

 

[Flipper_1938]

looks good flipper.

your motor mount, do you have the room to do a big/ lazy m shape from frame rail to rail. might give you clearance for your steering shaft and filter plus tie the 2 rails together.

just an opinion

I had planned on tying them together with diagonals and maybe throwing in an x-brace or two.

 

[klink]

The 6'5" boy doesn't fit quite as well as my daughter did, but nobody can resist the chance to make racecar noises.

At 6'5" he looks like he fits the car ok. He gives it a better sense of scale. Looking Good!

 

[Flipper_1938]

After studying the pictures for a few days....I really don't like the look of having a horizontal piece going from the diagonal to the arch of the front framerail. Also the motor mount attachment point needs to be lower on the frame.

 

[Flipper_1938]

I took a second swing at motor mounts this weekend. trying to use the factory jag mounting scheme wasn't working for me. I think the mounts need to be lower.

Inside the frame rail, just behind the x-brace is where I'm thinking for the frame pad.

more posterboard

couldn't tell crap with posterbaord. I needed metal.

more recycled WWII dodge 4x4 ambulance turned hunting buggy. This was a rear fender.

set free with fire

found something round to add shape

first look

second look (bolted down)

other side

 

[Flipper_1938]

My plan was to tie the two sides together with a brace that would run under the oil pan. The top section looks like it will be flimsy no mater what.

Add gussets to the outside too? (mounting bolt would go down through the gold colored tube)

Not really sure these parts will be used either.

 

[GJunktionMike]

I'm thinking if you added gussets between your bent plate and angled tube that should be stout enough. With your x-brace right there at the lower part of your moter mount I wouldn't think a brace under the oilpan would be needed. All in all looks cleaner.

 

[Flipper_1938]

I'm thinking if you added gussets between your bent plate and angled tube that should be stout enough. With your x-brace right there at the lower part of your moter mount I wouldn't think a brace under the oilpan would be needed. All in all looks cleaner.

Yeah, I forgot to mention that the tube was supposed to be the start of a rib (plated/gusseted on both sides).

 

[CORPO]

the curved bracket looks nice.. but the tubing looks out of place to me.. I think it would look nicer made from thick sheet with holes in it... but just my 0.02

 

[Flipper_1938]

the curved bracket looks nice.. but the tubing looks out of place to me.. I think it would look nicer made from thick sheet with holes in it... but just my 0.02

Can you sketch what you are thinking about?

 

[sgtpontiac]

I like the look of the curved plate....

Could you just gusset the sides/edges from where is starts to curve near the top to the bottom of the curve....also, is that 1/8" or 1/4"??..if it's 1/4" and gusseted, should be plenty strong with the gussets......JMHO...

 

[GJunktionMike]

Something like this? Gussets on each side flare them out from the pipe to your bent plate. Sleeve the holes with pipe from side to side.

 

[sgtpontiac]

Yep.....but not sure you'd need anything else there..

Something like this? Gussets on each side flare them out from the pipe to your bent plate. Sleeve the holes with pipe from side to side.

didn't think about the side to side tube but certainly would be strong....just not sure you'd need it if you did both sides or even three gussets two on the outsides and one in the middle...but the tube side to side would look pretty cool too...and beef it up a lot....

 

[Flipper_1938]

Something like this? Gussets on each side flare them out from the pipe to your bent plate. Sleeve the holes with pipe from side to side.

I haven't decided if I'm going to work on it this weekend, but I do like the looks of this:

I will probably skip the holes though.

I also found pics on a mount with big ribs that could be adapted to mine...maybe

 

[sgtpontiac]

My opinion....

The holes just look cool....I'd keep them...with the 1/4" don't think you'd need anything else but the two as in the last pic....will look killer...

 

[Flipper_1938]

I hope to get a chance to work on it over the long weekend. It would be great to get the motor mounted and the car slid forward on the table so that the front suspension area could overhang the table .....maybe start installing front suspension?

 

[Flipper_1938]

the curved bracket looks nice.. but the tubing looks out of place to me.. I think it would look nicer made from thick sheet with holes in it... but just my 0.02

I took your advice. I made the braces out of sheet and added speed holes. I think it looks a lot better than my last idea. I also added a second rubber pad (small one above the mount).

The mounts look beefy enough to hold the motor now. [cl

I'm on dad's dial-up....pictures tomorrow night.

 

[Flipper_1938]

The small tube gusset wasn't cutting it. I needed to do something more substantial, but not super heavy. I also decided the mounts needed upper biscuits.

I wanted a flange to go around the buscuit, but didn't have the right size tube...so I made my own. ...from cop car kick panels.

I started by making a strip of flat stock.

wrapped around a piece of roll bar tube

it worked!

Now that I had a better idea what I was making, I cleaned up the end

time for sheetmetal gussets

 

[Flipper_1938]

the top bolt hole was the hard part to figure out. I sleeved it and then cut the sleeve down.

I welded the circles first (welds under the big gusset)

and added speed holes

socket fits great on the top bolt

with a rubber

 

[Flipper_1938]

Now the other side.

The passenger side mount is shorter due to the engine offset (more foot room for me). I had to cram things closer to get it all to fit. hammer time!