Early Hemi to Ford Flatty Biscuit Motor Mounts (HURST/knock-off)

Recently, I ran across a guy on eBay named 6carbhemi selling Hemi motor mount adapters that allowed you to bolt one into a Ford frame, using the existing Flathead biscuit mounts.

See pics below.

The copy in his ad is also below. Does anybody here know what this "HU_T" company that's "still in business" is? Has anybody ever seen these, or know who this guy is?

Bidding closed today, and it's item number 320331223503 if you want to look at the closed auctions, but the majority of what was in it is here.

Where can I buy these, and more importantly, where can I find this "HU_T" company? Hopefully someone on here will recognize them. FYI, they went for $71.

~Jason







"UP FOR BID, A REPOP SET OF HU__T ( THEY ARE STILL IN BUSINESS ) MOTOR MOUNT ADAPTOR FOR EARLY CHRYSLER, DODGE, AND DESOTO HEMIS. THESE MAKE EASY TO PUT AN EARLY HEMI INTO A 28-51 FORDS AND MERCS. DIFFERENT YEARS AND MODELS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PARTS FOR INSTALLTION, WHICH I MAKE. THESE ARE FABRICATED BETTER THEN THE ORIGINALS, WITH DOVETAIL CONSTRUCTION FOR A PREFECT PART EVERY TIME, UNLIKE THE OTHER GUYS. THEY COME IN PLANE STEEL RIGHT NOW, BUT IF I GET ENOUGH PEOPLE INTERESTED, I CAN SHIP SOME OUT TO THE CHROME SHOP AND GET A BETER PRICE ON THE CHROME. COMES WITH INSTRUCTIONS, THESE ARE VERY NICE PIECES.I ALSO HAVE THE EARLY MOUNTS FOR NAILHEADS, OLDS, AND CADDY MOTORS. ASK ANY QUESTIONS, SHIPPING EXTRA, FOB CLINTON, MA. 01510. BOX 9X9X5 6 LBS "

 

Try H U R S T for the brand name. I've got an old pair in the shop...If there is a demand I guess I should start the 'dup machine....

...and Hurst hasn't made these for probably 40 years...

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those are HURST...
keep looking... hard to get your hands on...
but sometimes they pop up on ebay cheap with a buy it now... so keep looking... I scored a pair for my roadster.

 

I'll take a set!

 

well there ya go.....

 

Dagel's Street Rods also has one..............

www.dagelsstreetrods.com

 

Dagel no longer makes those mounts. I called several times. They said they had a problem with getting the parts laser cut and would no longer make them.

 

Gee...I wonder where HURST had theirs "Laser cut" back in the day?
I swear some of these companies have never even heard of a cutting torch...

 

Here are a couple of original Hurst sets, one earlier "New Adjusta-Torque" and one later in the box.
These face forward as apposed to the ones made by Chassis Engineering that are tighter to the block and are 90 degrees to the center line. The CE ones are available in several offsets and are actually better made than these. These do have a higher Cool rating.

 

get me the prints and ill laser cut them.

 

will these work for mounting a 241 to a 32 frame? If so I would buy a set also.

 

Your 241 has ears?

 

no ears mounts from the bottom of the water pump housing.

 

These are awesome!

Someone should POST the prints. Can anybody throw a set into a scanner for us beside a ruler? You know, do it so all the pieces could be reproduced from that. Maybe some of these guys could get the ball rolling CHEAPER than the other companies. Hell, if they sold all the pieces of the mount pre-cut as a "U-Weld-It" set, folks would even buy 'em that way.

I'm wanting this 331 in my F2, and THIS seems the easiest way. HELL HES there's a demand for 'em... and I'll bet HotHemiHeads would even buy a few to keep in stock, as well as several other places, like PAW and maybe Speedway (not sure about the latter - a touchy subject of late).

Personally, I don't care WHERE they come from, but I do know that if it comes from someone on the HAMB that most everyone on here wouldn't sell anything to anybody else on here that sucked, or that you wouldn't run yourselves.

~Jason

 

These will mount a Hemi in place of an 8BA/8RT, right?

Just making sure I'm not crazy here...

~Jason

 

We have made some similar to the CE units. Send us the drawings, or a set, and we can gear up to produce them.

 

Has everyone seen the mounts that BASS made for his Hemi coupe? Speedway has Hemi mounts. I know a guy in Oklahoma that builds lots of Hemi mounts, they look exactly like Speedway mounts. ??

Lucky667

 

If I can find a set (Jeez... more like "if I can AFFORD a set" - $70 may as well be $10k to me), I'll get as many pictures and drawings as I can. Hell, I'll post 'em for free, then you ALL can gear up to make 'em!

Well, with improvements of your own individual designs, of course.

There are several toaster companies selling toasters, but as we all know, only a few quality ones!

~Jason

 

Post us some links!

Are they like these, which allow an early Hemi to pretty much bolt in, in place of a flatty in a Ford chassis?

~Jason

 

The Bass Coupe Build is in the 'Tech Archives'. I just checked Speedway and couldn't find the mounts, I'll check with the motor mount builder in Oklahoma and ask if he wants his # posted.

Lucky667

 

Apparently they come up for occasional sale, but far more want them:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=313222

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=312029

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=310697

~Jason

 

FYI, here's scootermcrad's take on Speedway vs Chassis Engineering's biscuits - the Chassis Engineering ones are WAY better:

 

Aren't those Hemi-to-SBC mounts?

http://www.dagelsstreetrods.com/Hemi Motor Mounts.htm

~Jason

 

Can anyone post a picture and some measurements?

Anybody got a set you'd like to let me borrow so I can get drawings made? Better yet, can anyone with a set that knows someone who can make CAD drawings of these for a beer post 'em, or email 'em to some of us?

~Jason

 

Apparently, according to this:
http://www.hemmingsdigital.com/hemmings/200807/?pg=250

This guy may have 'em:
http://www.belmontsrodandcustom.com/

~Jason

 

I sold a pair of those Hurst mounts to another HAMBer a while back. They used standard Ford biscuits and mounted the 331,354,392 into a 28-48 frame. I had a 331 in a '47 coupe for 21 years on those mounts.

Tom

 

Is it much of a stretch to modify 'em for post-'48 pickup?

~Jason

 

How much difference is there between the stock engine mounts for pre-48 and 48 up???? elevation ? angle ? distance ?

A re-pop of the pre-48 may or may not accomodate the changes. All depends on the amount of change. If someone has info on the phord dimensions then we can compare to the Hurst part and decide if 'we' need one mount or two...

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I'm pretty sure Billy Belmont (at Belmonts Rod & Custom, tel 781-326-9599) sells nice reproductions of the original Hurst Mount. Its hard to tell without actually looking at and handling the ones from ebay, but the ones Belmont has look beefier and better made. If you have a copy of Hemmings he has one of the first ads in Racing and High Performance parts, and he lists the repro Hurst mounts he has in stock. I believe he now has the early Olds Rocket mounts too.

 

To get the ball rolling on an answer, I've posted your question on the main board: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3510811

~Jason