The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot Panels 'N Burbs 62 Burb Body mounts for rear?????????

Anybody know a source, mine originals are shot. Or round aftermarket ones in poly that would fit?????????????

Don did you end up making your mounts behind the doors ? i'm in the same boat I need the rubbers and the mounts.How about a hockey puck should be plenty of those available.

I haven't checked into it yet, but I wonder if a set of mounts/biscuits from a '55-'57 Chevy station wagon would do it? They're readily available, and I can see Chevrolet carrying something like over from other models/years. Shoot, they used '56-spec 322 Buick Nailhead engines in their bigger trucks through '59, and our Deluxe steering wheels were Bel Air wheels, weren't they? And after buying a '60-'61 V8 van shroud, I'm very certain they're the same as '58-up passenger car shrouds.

-Brad

i made the rear mounts out of 1/16 steel then ground the edges. hey brad how did the mouldings work out? 61 suburban if you send me an email i'll send you pics

Hey D.
The moldings are GOING to work out great! I haven't done any of the body work on the truck yet...all mechanical stuff so far. Just did an overdrive trans swap, had the shifter rebuilt by Hurst, and smoked the ring and pinion gear on a road trip down to Florida. Next up on the list is a front suspension rebuild, brake job and rear end rebuild. But within the year, I should be going on the body, and those moldings are really going to fit nicely.
Thanks for taking such good care of shipping them too!

-Brad

Don,

What did you figure out for the body mount rubbers? I'm there myself. interested in knowing what you used.

Thanks,
Mark

Don,

What did you figure out for the body mount rubbers? I'm there myself. interested in knowing what you used.

Thanks,
Mark

Hey guys I'm trying to see if the local rubber factory can come up with the pieces we need.The other thought was some belting material it comes on 1/2 and I have a 4x8 sheet of it.Give me your thoughts.

I bought new rubber from McMaster-Carr, spent about $85 on enough to do all the mounts, seems like it was 5/8" thick?maybe 3/4"? -- it was the correct width, I just had to cut each piece to length. I cut the metal plates off the old mounts using a razor blade & re-used them w/the new rubber. Used a hole saw to drill the hole thru the middle & simply sandwiched the new rubber between the OE plates.

got rubber and the metal tubes....gotta find some plates though...also you have to put something the thickness of the hole in the frame, onto the tubes otherwise mount wont stay centered on the hole....probably a piece of fuel line???

got rubber...got plate from lowes and cut out new plates and bonded rubber to them.....still trying to find rubber ring to go over metal tube...may just cut rubber hose. made a few too many..lol was looking at wrong page in build book made for long panel ( has 8 mounts) still making up radiator support mounts

hey guys if you need some of my rubber let me know.....also dont forget to put a piece of rubber between the two mounts so that it fill the thickness and hole on the body bracket on the frame! otherwise body could shift