It was only an Omega. I fessed up as to why it had such a terrible (ha, the word) exhaust leak, replaced the mounts for him, and bought him a beer. He got a chuckle out of it. Good friend, gone now.
Trashed the motor mounts in my '66 Mustang a week later by simply pulling out of a parking lot rather enthusiastically...
Wondering why this thread is still alive,
-R.