Here are a couple pictures that will help visualize the correct "bird leg" style front mounts. They are almost identical to the V-8 mounts except a different length. The 1st pic is from a
1955-59 Factory Assembly Manual that shows the mounts and brackets that bolt to the later 1955.2-59 engines. The 2nd picture is a screen grab showing the actual drivers side mount for 1955.2-59.
It's important to note that the later 1955-59 6 cylinders had a different casting with a sloped front mount bolt boss on either side of the engine. The 1955.1 and earlier engines did not have the sloped boss. Just a horizontal flat surface boss on the drivers side that was used to mount the generator bracket on.
If you look at your engine, it has the horizontal flat mounting boss to support the generator and not the sloped bosses.
To know for sure what you have for an engine, take some pictures of the serial# machined surface directly behind the distributor and the block casting code, below and slightly forward of the distributor location. Also include the casting date codes, a letter followed by 2 or 3 numerals, located on the engine block just behind/slightly above the starter location. With that information, we can better ID your engine.
I haven't had a chance to search through the Stovebolt previous posts to see if anyone has tried to mount an earlier AD engine into a TF chassis. More to come as I and others can offer more info.
