Off next week on holidays so started fitting up the engine and front subframe today ready for installation. Fitted the alternator, new engine mounts and my prized S/S copy of the DTV road 4 branch with nice shiny new gasket and stainless bolts.
This is the design that was copied for the Snoot.
The whole subframe and engine will be mounted on a wheeled trolley and rolled below the shell.
From previous experience the upper subframe mounting bolts, the ones that go vertically through the chassis rail, will be fitted with 8 inch long soft plastic tubes to assist guiding them through the hole in the chassis.