On to the front brackets. I hung the engine and transmission in place, connecting the shaft and the transmission mount. Then I used cardboard to create mock ups of the mounts. I used some 4" square steel tubing to form the actual brackets. I cut the tubing length wise, yielding two "L" channels. I cut down the "L"s into the basic shape I needed, then welded a pair of these "L"s together for each side, providing plenty of thickness to the supports. A block of urethane cut to size on each side keeps everything level and provides shock absorption.
I found it handy to have a bench grinder around when actually fitting these to the engine. I made them a bit large and had to grind some material away before I found the perfect fit. Everything is held together with Grade 8 bolts. The neoprene rubber I used is quite stiff, the engine moves very little when revved.
Next I put the radiator in. Clearance was very tight. I had to shorten the drive shaft pulley.

The engine had a four groove drive shaft pulley. The front two grooves had to go to make space for the bottom radiator outlet. Two groove wheels are available, but I just cut down the original on a mill. I then had to hunt up another water pump pulley with enough set back to line up with the remaining grooves on the drive shaft pulley. I put on a new alternator and ran a single belt, crank shaft to water pump to alternator, back to crank shaft. But, I soon found the path of the belt wanted to be in the same spot the lower radiator hose lived in. An idler pulley mounted to the alternator bracket solved that problem.

I bought a high capacity transmission cooler that just fit on the back of the radiator on the driver's side. I don't have a transmission temp gage yet, but this unit seems to do the job. No room for an engine mounted fan... had to go with an electric one on the front of the radiator.

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