Unusual rear engine mount?

[akbat]

My "new" toy (31 coupe) has rear engine mounts that appear to be different than the stock parts I see in the catalogs. What are they? The rubber is soft and seems recent.

The front mount is stock, EXCEPT that in place of the center spring, there is a decaying hard rubber biscuit. Homebrew?

 

[J Franklin]

Float a motor.

 

[akbat]

Thnx. I've seen float a motor for the front. Didn't know there were rear versions too.

 

[DougVieyra]

There is some controversy over the wisdom of installing rear Float-a-Motors. It changes some of the correct dynamics and engineering of the front end, etc. So you might want to look into it a bit further. Do a search on the FORD BARN forum.

 

[Charlville]

Agree with Doug, most people seem to install the front mounts only, as did the previous owner of my car

http://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/float-a-motor-kit

 

[2manycars]

I have had those rear mounts on my tudor for probably 30 years. Some folks don't like them, but I do. I have the stock front mount with stock springs.

 

[katy]

How thick should those rubber pads be? In Snyder's picture they look to be fairly thick, I'd guess about 1" or so. The ones on our '31 are only about 1/2" thick. Maybe that's why there's about 1/2" of washers between the bottom round aluminum piece and the part bolted to the engine.