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Title: 1970 Engine mount Question
Post by: Jodasa on January 06, 2013, 10:56:52 AM

I am putting an upright engine in a 5/70 bus, not a pancake.

So someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the mustache bars are not all the same?
I think there are different version?
68-71 and a 72+ bars?

Title: Re: 1970 Engine mount Question
Post by: BUSDADDY on January 06, 2013, 11:41:56 AM

Correct, the frame is wider on a 72+ and the mounts at the ends are different. There's 2 styles of 68-71 bar, one is hollow stamped metal box and the other is a rectangular tube with brackets welded at each end and in the middle, they both interchange. The 72+ type 4 bar has no brackets on it anywhere, the 72+ 1600 bar has brackets in the middle but the outer ends mount to the frame in a completely different way.

Most common 68-71 (disregard the added brackets bolted to the mount rubbers) :
(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.thesamba.com%2Fvw%2Fgallery%2Fpix%2F618039.jpg&hash=e94c2f0c43bfc7cd1b5ce7bc37d43830ce6f0507)

Less common but still fits  (better exhaust clearance too) :
(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.thesamba.com%2Fvw%2Fgallery%2Fpix%2F805541.jpg&hash=367c0dd9d4ae8355ad67518ef5f0d499adfb82d7)

Title: Re: 1970 Engine mount Question
Post by: Jodasa on January 07, 2013, 09:49:29 AM

Thanks for the pics and confirmation on the part I am looking for BUSDADDY .

Cheers.