Motor Mounts Almost Done

 It seems it has been awhile since I had some good time with the Triumph. Family events, sickness and yard work have taken their share. As much as I want to working on the car every weekend isn't practical. :-) But this weekend was car weekend.

I had mocked up some motor mounts in Cardboard and set about making them into metal. The mount extensions aren't yet tacked into the metal plates. I thought it best to give myself a little thinking time before locking it down. This came after getting the motor all aligned straight, centered and level in the bay. I was about to tack the one side on when I thought I should test fit the hood closing. I did and the intake was hitting the hood. Which reminded me that the best fit wasn't with the motor exactly vertical. Ohhh yah. I shifted the engine over to where it was when I was doing test fitting much earlier and it looks much better. But the trans is hitting on the mount brackets keeping from fine tuning the fit. A job for another day. Anyway...

The RH side arches over the starter then curves forward to the mount. I'm attempting to leave the gap between the motor and the frame open for the exhaust to go through.

The LH side I realized my complicated mock up wasn't needed and I could just go straight across to the engine as there is nothing in the way (Gussets to be added later). The white pipe in the picture is roughly where the steering shaft will be (The pipe is a little low). The mount clears it nicely.

Unfortunately The motor shifted forward when the motor was tilted which can be seen pretty clearly on the LH motor mount shot.