Where can i get these motor mounts????????

[gts5001]

Okay, I really know alot of you are gonna hate me for what i'm gonna ask, but if anyone knows a parts place, or a specialty shop where i could get these motor and tranny mounts that would be awesome. Alright i want to take a ford 5.0L engine and a T-5 5-speed out of a mustang and drop it in a 1976 SLC. Does anyone know where i can get these mounts made???????

I really dont know much about this car. I recently aquired it and i'm currently deployed so i haven't even gotten my head under the hood or underneath the car, so i don't know whats going on. I also don't know much about MB. Also what kind of suspension setup does this car have in the rear, is it basic leaf spring? Would it be possible to stick a ford 8.8" TracLoc rear axle? The width doesn't matter cuz i could always adjust with wheel sizing, backspace, and spacers. If anyone could enlighten me and tell me a little bit about problems i would face/solutions/whatever. Thank you.

 

[television]

When I slipped a Mustang engine and box into a Ford Transit mini bus I went to a racing conversion firm,and they made me a new cross member with the mounts on, there plenty around. You do have the mustang cross member with the existing mounts.

It could be easier to cut this out and weld into the MB

Malcolm

 

[Blobcat]

Hi & Welcome,

I'm guessing you are in the US (or at least when your not deployed) if so I'm sure there are quite a few firms that can make up the necessary for you. One thing the MB suspension is a few millennia more advanced than the solid beam axel and leaf springs from Ford.

 

[gts5001]

One thing the MB suspension is a few millennia more advanced than the solid beam axel and leaf springs from Ford.

So.....its not a solid axle rear?

 

[gts5001]

Malcolm,

How much did the firm charge for the conversion?

 

[Blobcat]

So.....its not a solid axle rear?

You can check it out here just search using the first 6 No.s from your vin - I'm guessing it starts with a 107.

BTW are you deployed anywhere nice?

 

[Bolide]

So.....its not a solid axle rear?

Correct

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

 

[gts5001]

You can check it out here just search using the first 6 No.s from your vin - I'm guessing it starts with a 107.

BTW are you deployed anywhere nice?

I'll get the VIN later on today. And about where i'm deployed, can't disclose but its really hot, there is sand everywhere, like a desert of some sort.

 

[Blobcat]

I'll get the VIN later on today. And about where i'm deployed, can't disclose but its really hot, there is sand everywhere, like a desert of some sort.

I thought as much, pls try and keep your head down

 

[Hibbo]

So.....its not a solid axle rear?

It's a Mercedes-Benz!

 

[television]

Malcolm,

How much did the firm charge for the conversion?

They were normally £125 when I bought mine in the 80s

Malcolm

 

[gts5001]

You can check it out here just search using the first 6 No.s from your vin - I'm guessing it starts with a 107.

The site you gave me won't come up,

 

[Blobcat]

The site you gave me won't come up,

It's a Russian one so perhaps you have a few restrictions at your end...
It works from here.

 

[gts5001]

It's a Russian one so perhaps you have a few restrictions at your end...
It works from here.

Seems reasonable, I'll e-mail for a family member to look into it. Thank you. And also thanks for your support.

 

[angus falconer]

So.....its not a solid axle rear?

Solid rear axles (live axles over here) disappeared from cars about 20 years ago.

Although the new Mustang has re-introduced them to the UK

 

[television]

Solid rear axles (live axles over here) disappeared from cars about 20 years ago.

Although the new Mustang has re-introduced them to the UK

Think of all the money that could be saved on suspension components, mind you back in the old days it was all shackle pins and bushes, and they did not last long.

Malcolm

 

[gts5001]

Solid rear axles (live axles over here) disappeared from cars about 20 years ago.

Although the new Mustang has re-introduced them to the UK

Yeah us Americans stick to the ohrase keep it simple stupid, that and we are also stubborn.

 

[BarryG]

As Blob says, keep your head down, don't want you getting sand in your eyes do we
Oh and tell your friends, the other guys with the Union Jacks are good guys too

Be safe!