The first dry fit

When I'd cut the crossmember and refitted it the problem of the cutting out the chassis became to great and to have the motor mounted underneath the shelf and the shaft directly coupling onto the gearbox input shaft would involve removing the front end and completely remaking it on the drivers side to accomadate the end of the motor. Seen here is the latest idea of mounting the motor overhead. It's just resting there so I could take clearance measurements to the bonnet Etc. Couple of obvious advantages to this arrangement is the ease of ducting the heated air around the motor into the cabin and the possibility of fitting some sort of generator under the shelf for on road charging of the 12Volt control battery (DC1) Disadvantages, the loss of power through using either belts or chain. Bit more work before this gets on the road!!!

Here it is on the first dry fit. (Left click on the image to expand it and then use the "back" button to return) This is the bracket tacked together and temporarily fitted to the gearbox/bellhousing. The dry fit showed the problems with the crossmember and chassis underneath. The cross member was marked up removed and cut out to fit the motor in. The intention was to mount the motor upside down with the shaft going through the hole in the adaptor plate mounted against the bell housing.