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Sold, I bought it. I'm having a Ford Kent crossflow 1700 built for it. It's going to be a very good car to drive on the twisty hilly two lane roads of New Hampshire.

I had forgotten this episode, thanks Outbound! So with the 1700 Kent engine my Birkin will be the easier to drive Caterham 620 R. Unfortunately I won't be driving it until next spring.

My 79 year old body will have to find a way to deal with a Birkin S3 next spring. It will have a Kent engine, which is being built now. I have 113,000 miles on my '16 MX-5 Sport, which will seem like a barge next to the 7. Spectators will get a laugh watching me attempt to get out of the 7, good thing it has the roll bar to help me out. The Miata is a great car for the New Hampshire backroads where I live, I expect the 7 will be even better. But I think I'll be keeping the MX-5, it's got snow tires. I checked through Throttlehouse vids, didn't find the Caterham video.

I am aware of that. I'm going to hold off on buying those mounts from you, it's going to be a few months before I get the engine, I'll try to get the proper mounts in the meantime.

Thank-you! I will try contacting him again. He didn't have Kent mounts in stock, recommended I build my own?

Would you consider selling those Zetec mounts? Or would your Kent buyer sell those mounts?

I tried texting to this, no reply. Thank-you.

I just sent another message to Birkin Direct USA about the Kent motor mounts for my 1999 Birkin S3. They still haven't responded to my message from 1 August. I hope they are still in business.

Yes, Jimmy Hilton bought it, I bought it from him. I will have a warmish 1700 Kent engine built for it, I intend it to have an aluminum cross flow head. I do need to find original Birkin Kent motor mounts, but I have time, the engine won't be ready until December, working in an unheated New Hampshire garage in the dead of winter is not my cup of tea, the car won't be on the road until the salt is washed off the roads in late April. I just found that the front hubs are aluminum, cool.

It was in East Texas since 2012, had only been autocrossed etc before then, I don't think it's ever been registered for the road. All the canvas is in excellent condition, the car doesn't look as if it has a lot of miles on it, it isn't showing signs of having been out in the weather, there's no rust.

I like CO2 for penetration in thicker materials. I have an electronic shield, HF table bandsaw, grinders, etc. Back when I was doing XK-Es I had a tank of "tri-gas", it worked great on stainless steel and also thinner carbon steel. The local welding gas supplier won't fill my larger tanks, rendering them useless. It's a scam. But I hope to find the proper Birkin?Kent motor mounts, that would solve the issues.

I also have the plastic tank, I'll sort those later. For now Kent motor mounts as originally fitted are a priority, I'm making arrangements for a warm Kent engine with an aluminum crossflow head. I'm looking forward to driving the roads around the lakes that I enjoyed 20 years ago on my Ducati 900 Supersport, I'd like to get on the Club Motorsports track in Tamworth, a beautiful three mile flowing track built into the side of a little mountain.

I'll be pulling the cooler, also the aluminum tank. Simplify and add lightness.

This Birkin/Kent motor mount quest is quite a pita!I think your idea of fabbing prototypes from PVC tubing is good. It's been a long time since I fired up my Lincoln SP150 welder, not since I was doing rotisserie chassis restorations on XKEs in 1998 actually, but I can get a tank of CO2 and start practicing. Some good images of Birkin Kent mounts would help. I wish the mounts came with my car!!

I'm not getting any replies from Birkin, don't know if they are in business anymore. The Birkin mounts are virtually solid mounts, allow for almost no engine movement. Here's the T9 from the car.

I have the T9 transmission the car had when it had the original Kent engine. I think you are correct about the oil cooler, simplify.

Here is the mount on the frame, just ahead of the aluminum tank.

At the moment all I have is the S3 car, no engine, so this will have to wait. I sent a text to the Kent engine builder, no response yet. Sadly, it isn't like it used to be.

I'll look into interchangeability between mounts. The man who will be building a Kent engine may know.

Thank-you. I just called and left a message. I'm hoping to have the car on the road this season but it probably won't happen. Once the snow falls here in New Hampshire and the salt goes down on the roads I'll have to wait until late April or early May, the salt needs to be washed away by rainfall. Here's a pic of my car, the towel wrapped exhaust manifold is seen inside the engine bay.

Thank-you for these excellent photos! I will be using a Kent engine, 1600 or 1700cc.

Does anyone know if Birkin is still in business? I have a 1999 S3, sans engine, I need engine mounts to fit a Ford Kent engine. I've gone to their site but there seems to be no activity in the last ten years. The last from them shows them setting up business in Colorado. My example seems to be of a high standard, though I haven't been around other marques such as Caterham. I'm having a 1600 or 1700cc engine built, the car came with a Ford T9 transmission, what may be Honda brake calipers, and four 15 inch Panasport wheels. I haven't had the wheels off yet so I don't know the width, the tires are 205/50-15, very dried out, the car was stored in an enclosed trailer since 2012. The car has a live axle. It was never registered, just autocrossed and time trialed from what I am told. I'm looking forward to getting it on the road though that probably won't happen until next year, I live in New Hampshire, once the snow comes in November the season is over until late April or early May, the salt has to wash away.

Chris, I texted you a bunch of photos of my Birkin, they are from 603-677-2776. I hope they got through. Mike

I recently bought a 1999 Birkin S3, complete save for engine. It had a Kent 1600, which I am trying to find, not very easy in the US. It is also missing the engine mount forks. This is my first 7, at my advanced age it will be the last, but it is a well turned out car. Also looking for a QD hub for the steering wheel, getting in and out isn't a graceful process, though onlookers would get some amusement observing. The car has a lightweight flywheel, tubular headers, oil cooler, 15 inch Panasports, looks like Honda brakes. It'll be a lot of fun on the twisty two lane roads that wind around the lakes and hills of New Hampshire, USA. Thanks in advance, Mike

Is the price $10,000 as is, where is? What about the Ford T9 transmission? An extra or included? Can you PM me?