There were at least two flavors of front and side mounts, and not all blocks have all mounts. There was the 216 style bottom-of-the-front-plate mount, there was a front side boss mount that had two bolts and little ears, and there was a 3-bolt mount kind of toward the middle of the block. I'm guessing the original poster is complaining about the lack of bosses for the little ears on the front.
