Installation of the motor and Pitch.

We’re on a roll! Today, Mr. Butler brought in the motor hoist and we installed the propulsion system in the Mustang. Right now, the electric motor is resting on wooden chocks until we fabricate the motor mounts. The transmission, however, is already bolted onto the cross member and is ready for action. Putting the motor in the car was an easy task due to the help of the hydraulic motor hoist. After positioning the transmission, we installed the driveshaft so that we could make sure that the angle of attack on the “hogs head”, of the rear end, matched the angle of the rear of the transmission. To adjust the angle, an angle finder is placed on the front and rear of the driveshaft and the front of the motor is pitched up and down to adjust the degree. Luckily, we were right on the money with this one, and no adjustments of pitch were needed. The angle is supposed to be equal so that the driveshaft doesn’t become bound up.

A pic of Mike lifting the propulsion system from the table with the cherry picker.

Dropping Low and Slow. Just the way we like to do things around here!

Inserting the motor into the engine compartment.

The moment of truth.

This is a bottom shot of the transmission coming into place.

This is a sight for sore eyes. We've been waiting for this moment for a long time. At this moment the motor is resting on blocks until we finalize the fabrications of the motor mount.