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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?

At $10,000 this car is probably sold by now. I would buy it at that price, I'm in New Hampshire. Mike Brooker