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I have a 52 m38a1 that my son and I are going to try to bring back to life . the previous owner installed an old ford 289ci engine w/ headers, I would like to return to a 4cyl engine. would the PO have had to move the original motor mounts ?? What 4cyl engines can I use ? The 289 is connected to the original tranny.

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Go into the photo gallery on this site and surf through the pictures. I am sure that some one has some pictures of an unmolested M38A1 frame. Or, post a picture of your frame's motor mounts here.

Hillbilly's offer is the perfect solution in several ways.


Front side mounts.


Engine compartment


Rear engine tranny crossmember

Thanks guys for all the detailed frame specs and pics, thats a ton of good info. It looks like all the PO had to do to install the 289 , was to add an adapter plate from the engine to the original frame mounts, so we will be in good shape to convert back to a 4cyl,