I'm working on a 67 LeSabre. It has a 455 in it, but someone built up these ridiculous motor mount stands that put the carburetor up against the hood when closed, leaving no room for an air cleaner. I cut off the mounts that someone else welded in, and I'm having issues. The steering linkage is rubbing the oil pan. My question is are there special motor mounts I need to use, or is there a different oil pan required for this swap? -Josh
I didn't even know a 455 could be shoved into a LeSabre; I thought the front end was too short. As far as I know, anything like that would be all custom welding and fabricating, there are no replacement parts that will work. LeSabre used a totally different front end set up than did Wildcat or Electra and it was 2-3 inches shorter in the nose, which places the engine mounts in the narrowest spot in the saddle. Evidently whoever fabbed up you car discovered this the hard way.
