Nice. It's really just a compromise. Fixing the wallowed out hole would have required cutting out and replacing that whole section, and then getting it exactly square with the other side, or doing both sides and getting them both square to the original measurements. Ultimately it seemed like a lot of work, and although I'll be paying the credit card off for a while, the QA1 frame seemed like the quickest solution. We're on a real time crunch to get out of Oklahoma and back to the homestead. Rent here is like $400 a week and we are no longer getting per diem so the car is the only thing keeping us here right now.
We cut the perch, lowered it the right amount, which I don't have handy at the moment, but it was pretty drastic, and then welded on a new plate to the top of it that rests at the original angle but much further out. The slant six mount is further towards the fender and much lower than a small block. So basically, cut the perch at the angle of the original mount plate, but much lower, weld on a new plate which has the same type of oblong hole for the mount bolt, and refit. Some gusseting is probably in order as well since the new plate is about 2.75 inches longer towards the fender. The real trick is going to be whether the arm of the QA1 that bolts to the rail is going to hit the oil pump. It is VERY close on mock-up. I might have to cut a small chunk out of the arm so the bolt of the oil pump doesn't hit it. OR heat and beat. More info and pictures to come. Here's a couple though.
By the way, don't try to hoist the slant six with eye bolts from lowes. They are rated for 600 pounds, but we had one twist right off like pot metal, and the chain almost cracked my wife's skull open.
