This is a temporary positioning guide bracket so the new permanent mounting bracket can be welded in place https://pbase.com/image/166752021. This ensures that the previously determined critical alignment location of the oil thermostat remains true to the rest of the oil lubrication system components, such as: the short oil lines, the breather line from the external oil tank to the engine crankcase, etc. https://pbase.com/9146gt/image/159636988

The new and improved oil-thermostat mounting bracket https://pbase.com/9146gt/image/166752029 ~~~ https://pbase.com/9146gt/image/166752031, it uses two incorporated threaded nuts for an easier mounting installation https://pbase.com/9146gt/image/166752082

The finished product, the bare sheet metal area was properly resurfaced https://pbase.com/9146gt/image/166756132 with every single scratch mark removed https://pbase.com/9146gt/image/166756133 and to complete the job, a mandatory coat of primer is always applied for rust protection. Never leave bare metal to flash-rust and exposed to further damage--not after spending hundreds of dollars in metal work fabrication. Nothing an $8 rattle-can of self-etching primer won't fix. The quality of this metal work is flawless https://pbase.com/9146gt/image/166756135, speaks for itself--in volumes! https://pbase.com/9146gt/image/166756138

For comparison, here is a reference photo of a Porsche factory GT installation https://pbase.com/9146gt/image/22343007 showing the oil thermostat butted to the left side of a single flange mounting bracket--and our completed installation https://pbase.com/9146gt/image/166752091