After 50 years, it's time for new motor mounts

The photo below shows how compressed the lower mount is at this point in time.  The mount on the right is a new one.

Can't see your photo, but I changed my motor mounts a couple of years ago. The old one was hard, somewhat deformed and compressed like you say.

Photo is fixed

I test drove the car today after completing the motor mount swap.  It was what I was hoping for.  The engine now feels like it is part of the car instead of something that is just nestled in there.

When I recently test drove my other Pantera for the very first time, it felt very solid.  It got new motor mounts during its assembly.  That inspired me to swap the mounts on this car.

Must be a blast to be driving the car!  Congratulations on a job well done!

Rocky

Thanks Chuck.  Yes, it is a blast.  Each one of these fixes to the car makes it more so.

While we are on the subject, any thoughts  as to polyurethane  versus rubber mounts, same,better, worse?  Thanks for input, this thread got me thinking to take a look at mine.

Be careful, polyurethane melts and it gets hot around those mounts.

Wilkinson swears by his current suspension bushings.  I have put them in four Panteras and really like them.  They are Teflon lined and completely pivot unlike factory bushings.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/295591665370

Here is the description:

These bushing are an improvement over stock/original style a-arm bushings that came with Panteras.  The inner metal sleeve is teflon coated on its outside diameter and allows the bushing to genuinely pivot a complete 360 degrees.  Think of it as being permanently greased.  The original style bushings only pivot as far as the bonded rubber can flex and tend to inhibit a-arm travel.

@Lane hawley posted:

While we are on the subject, any thoughts  as to polyurethane  versus rubber mounts, same,better, worse?  Thanks for input, this thread got me thinking to take a look at mine.

Worse. High heat area. Poly is not a good application here.