There is a similar but curved part used to mount the nose of a tranny in
some aircooled VWs. I have used them in the past for exactly the purpose
you have in mind. Since the Bosal stock part is cheap and easy to find I
stopped using the tranny mount. Use this number to find them many places.

W0133-1638662

Mark

neil n wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Out of 3 sources locally, the Bosal DV hangers seem to be NLA. I see that
> Rockauto and Vancafe has them, but figured redoing my brackets to use a
> common hanger would help when on the road. Might help the next guy too.
>
> Not trying to outsmart the original VW design, just come up with a suitable
> commonly available part.
>