Engine location

[Flathead Fever]

This is a measurement from the center rivet of the original '32 crossmember to the back of the water pump. It's the only spot I could measure from with the radiator in the way. Both sides measured 6 3/4 inches. That rivet should be in the same spot as the middle of your Model A crossmember where it attaches to the frame rail.

This is 59A bolted in with original 1932 motor mounts. Its sitting exactly where the original '32 engine left the factory.


For you guys attaching your motor mounts to the side-rails and using an uncut '32 firewall it is critical to get those mounts in the correct spot. Do not weld them flush with the top of the frame rail. That will lift the front of the motor higher than it originally was, which tilts the back of the engine into the firewall. The mounts should be below the top of the frame rail around 3/4" to 1". In the photo, you can see how tight that gap is back there. There is no room for error. If you have a K-member in its original location then this measurement should automatically happen. I'd still check it with the firewall in place.

This chassis has been sitting for year's. I got sidetracked on other projects. I live up against the wilderness and one night I left the side door open to the garage and eighteen rats moved in. They pissed on this chassis from one end to the other and everything else in the garage. I don't see how eighteen rats could hold fifty-gallons of pee?