A buddy of mine was telling me about how big C body cars had some torque straps that held the motor mount together and kept the motor from shifting. Does anyone have a picture of this set up or of the straps themselves? Im going to a yard next weekend and I am going try and find a set to put into my car. Also what models and years of c bodies have you seen them in?

I believe they were on police and taxi cars only. It shows it in the FSM I think, but I've never seen them in person.

I have something that may or may not be one , it was in my 69 Superbee when I bought it back from a freind that had put a 383 from a 69 Polara in it , it was neither a police car or a taxi though but I did also get a set of 15x6 H wheels off it also .

It's just a short piece of steel cable with 2 crimped on ends with some sort of spacer , it grabbed one engine ear bolt and the bolt thru the K frame ...



You are lucky that you can still go yarding and find 60's - 70's mopars , around here they crushed pretty much everything when steel was going overseas for big bucks

Yeah I am lucky, the yard I am going to has not crushed a car since the late 50's. It is a amazing place and they have cars stacked on top of other cars. Its starting to become a little overgrown and I am actually bringing my chain saw with to clear a path and to get to some cars. Ill have pics next weekend of this place.

I have a few somewhere also.Mine came out of some Imps I pulled motors from.Looks like a cable with 2 eyes.Rocky

Ok so was there only one for the drivers side or two for both sides?

my aug 68 69 383 4 BBL VIP has one on dr side... mine is exactly like the above pic! dan

my 69 imperial had one just like the one in the pic, on the drivers side.

Hmmmm.....simple and effective (assuming it is up to the job). I kinda like that....

Must have been a '69 thing because I parted a rough '69 300 convertible several years ago and it had that strap on the driver's side mount only. I saved it and plan on using it on either my current convertible or my '68 300 someday.

I have another friend in central Mass. that took one from a parted '69 C body and is currently using it on his '70 6 BBL. 'Cuda. Works like a charm and protects the fan shroud and shaker hood stuff. THey should have used it on all BB cars of that era.

Kinda reminds me that I remember GM having a cable around the upper control arm bushing to the eng for the same reason as I used to see that on GM cars in the late 60's. Ron

Might not be just a 1969 thing : The one I have came out of a 68 Newport 383/2bl/ 3-on-the-tree manual trans car I cut up.

have had a few of them,cleaned them up and resold, maybe we can get a nice sample and get them reproduced....i have 1 of the spacers...

Had one on my 2nd owner '67 VIP w/ 383 SuperCommando...

Does anyone have a length on these cables? Wondering how much slack if any they had.

I bought a 1969 Chrysler station wagon years ago with a 383, it had the driver's side strap.
4bbl, high flow exhausts, 3.23 sure grip, and the gas cap said "premium fuel only".