Well..letting my fruitful mind work on it for a time I arrived at my solution. First I went over to my father-in=laws and snagged several large pieces of 10" square double angle plate steal...some smaller angle pieces and a bit of plate. Broke out the torch and welder and mounted the large square *U* plate on the bottom next to a similar piece. Clamped the large 2hp motor on its side on this and cut some angle and *U* and weldem them to the large steal base. Drilled mounting holes and bolted the motor down.

These images show different stages of my tinkering.