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Great summary Cameron.
I got hold of a basketcase 61 544 a few years back and have been slowly bringing it back to life. One of the things i discovered is the previous owner dropped in a B18 with the B18 mounts from the donor car (which obviously wasnt a 544)and as you point out, this doesn't work. The footprint is too wide.
To cludge it together, the PO used a transmission mount, bolted it to the cross member outboard from the original mounting location and cut a new hole in the crossmember to access the backside nut on the rubber mount. By cut, i mean hacked like it was done with a chisel. A very ugly job not to mention kinking the engine out of line with the rest of the drive train.
I didn't know that B16 mounts would work but figured it was the only "fix". With some help from Chris Horne who located a set of B16 mounts for me, and a bunch of welding to seal up the wounds, it is back in and sitting correctly now.
I pieced together a set of hoses for the radiator that look like they are going to work. If interested, they are dayco 70564 and gates 20156. Previous owner had a section of galvanized pipe and fittings in there; maybe he was a plumber.
dean
'61 544 & '69 1800
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