Something major out of place underneath 82 300D

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My son and I picked up an 82 300D as a project to do together, it has been hit in the front cowling on one side and was towed to where we bought it. I drove it far enough to get it on a rollback and into the barn.

We don't have a lot in it and it's a California car so it's not rusty so we decided to give it a go.

When I inspected the car, I noticed what is shown in the photos below and figured I would deal with it when I got it home and got the front end in the air and took the weight off of it. It's on the passenger side of the front end, you can see the passenger side of the oil pan as a reference in the lower of the two photos.

It's now blocked up and the front wheels are off so everything is unloaded as it is going to get.





I"m not 100% sure but this appears to be a locating pin for the engine to the subframe or something of that sort. I have a huge pry bar my wife's grandfather made out of a solid steel driveshaft from some farm implement that can probably move this back into position but I'd rather know for sure exactly what I'm dealing with. I assume it's going to reenter with some force once it lines back up.

It may be smarter to use a 1 x 1 piece of wood and a dead blow instead of a 40lb steel shaft that's 5' long that could do some collateral damage.

Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated.

thanks in advance.

Joe