[S Courter]

I forgot to mention that I also unbolted the steering shaft from the gear box to facilitate raising the body. I purchased aluminum adapter plates and 65 Chevelle frame mounts off E-bay. Sourced 65 Chevelle motor mounts locally. Bolted the frame mounts to frame and adapter plates and motor mounts to LS1. I raised the front of the body up about 6 inches on each side and secured with wood blocks. I then slid the motor and trans into place with an engine hoist and a floor jack under the trans. Everything went smoothly and the motor dropped perfectly onto the mounts. As I was checking clearance under the motor I noticed the pan was almost touching the center link. Hmm, that wasn't going to work. Since I had the 64 sitting close by I went to check how high that motor was sitting in the chassis. I measured the distance from the tow loop, on the cross member, up to the bottom of the pan. It measured approx. 3.125 inches. The motor in the 65 needed to be raised 1 inch to be the same. My solution to this problem was to cut a piece of heavy wall tubing long enough to fit inside the block mounts and weld it on top of the frame mount. I made sure the motor was level side to side and the transmission tail shaft was centered between the frame rails. That put the pan 3.250 above the tow hook. That's .125 inches higher but should be no problem and gives clearance from the cross link. I will tackle the transmission cross member next.

Adapter plates $30
Frame mounts $65
Block mounts $12