Guys

I know the slant is unique and in its almost 30 year run, when it was the heart of a used car with "potential" it went to scrap city for a V8, but now as a cult motor and nowhere near as rare as a flathead V12 Lincoln, which there actually DOES exist a bolt me on roll about the shop type cradle, in this day and age where of connections and sources so abundant you can almost travel back in time for a sourced mopart still in the box (you'd be amazed how much they can fit into that wire coming into the house) and I am convinced they're only 30 years away from "beaming down" or "up" small inanimate parcels; consider amazon's drones if you're up to date, but my point finally is that there REALLY isn't anybody making slant six roll about cradles for storage, you, my friend, can use a Harbor Freight 'T' work stand or a 1K isosceles no tip stand.

Wow. I may get a inlne six generic of some type cradle and some box steel and weld up my own solution.

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Slant six should have stayed in production.

why not just throw some wheels on a k frame?

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1966 Plymouth Valiant, 225, 3 on the tree, 8 1/4 3.21 sure grip, hyperpac, holley 650dp, holset h1c

A few ideas.

I actually put together as test stand that is just a box steel frame with casters on it, a mopar late A-body K- frame bolts to it, and the rear mount is an L plate with rubber isolators for a 4 speed bellhousing...I added a handle/console on the front for the radiator mount and a place to put some gauges. I would not do this if it were just one enigine, but I've built about one a year over the last decade and with the new melling pumps occasionally having issues it's just easier to break it in and tune it out of the car then install it (makes life easier if the engine fails, then you don't have to take an extra day to pull it back out of the car)... A late K member would be easy to get, but you'll need something to support the back of the engine to roll it around.

Also, FYI. AndyF had also worked on a set of skates for the slant six at one time, they have a "crossmember" with wheels that bolts to the transmission tailshaft, and another crossmember with wheels that bolts to the motor mount holes on the block (oil pan had to be removed or the rear sump truck type).

-D.Idiot

If you build your own,,, on wheels,,make it wide enough to keep that top heavy slant from tipping over. My first one looked great till I hit the crack in the floor and .................. I ended up putting a counter weight on it.

Guys

I work for a bread company, brought home a steel roller and a 6 pack of High Life. We worked out a dry erase sketch up with simplicity. Box steel and 1/4 inch plate steel stock.

Change the blade on the bandsaw to fine metal teeth, looking at the front of the engine left front cut top of box stock 45 degrees, cut plate 3"x3" and drill press for motor mount.

Right front: cut box stock both ends, facing roller face 45 degrees, facing underside of manifold assembly cut 315 degrees at motor mount bracket bosses, cut and drill plate stock

Left rear cut length of plate stock to align with roller frame and bellhousinf bolt, drill and replace with 1/4 inch longer screw dowel stock creating stud and bolt

Right rear cut box stock to same specification as front, cut C shape or bent end dogbone from plate stock for bellhouing brace, replace bolt hardware with 1/4" exteneded screw dowel and nuts

Weld together with respect to center of gravity and bolt onto suspended engine on hoist (clearances too tight, also by design drop in install improbable due to, well, slant and cradle design)

Re-consult High Life with completed product and metallic arc weldy smelling garage

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Slant six should have stayed in production.

I have one that I got in a bunch of stuff from Detroit years ago. It is the lower frame from a shopping cart.

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Official Cookie and Mater Tormentor.

I just use a belt ratchet to strap the slant to a cheap dolly (or as they say in America....hand truck). I put the flywheel end of the slant toward the bottom of the dolly....then you can store it on end.

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Yeah....Im the one who destroyed this rare, vintage automobile.....

I just scoot them around on the concrete. We don't need no fancy stuff like dollys or hand trucks.

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Official Cookie and Mater Tormentor.

I built mine from Square tube and heavy angle. I have 2. One is a run in stand and bolted to the floor with a pipe going out side for the exhaust. The other is roll-
able.
Frank

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Scrapple: Because a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
73 Duster - Race Car
66 Dart Wagon - DD
178" FED
82 D150
All Slant powered

Keep your eyes open for milk crate dollys.
The "two wide" version works nicely.
I had the do a slight amount of trimming to get the oil pan to drop thru the center opening so the engine mounts "catch" on the outer rails.
DD

Frank:

I am building it out of 2x2 box stock

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Slant six should have stayed in production.

Doc

I am buikding it out of one of these, only bread crates are twice as wide, 4 mikk crates will fit so the center of gravity is nice & stable.

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Slant six should have stayed in production.