Engine mounts
I don't think he was talking about a solid motor mount as much as the 'captive' style rubber insulated mount that was standard on the 72-73s. They eliminated the broken-mount totally breaking away, allowing the engine to torque off the mounts. With the captive mount, if the engine mount breaks, the engine is still held in place, but may 'flop' or torque about a half inch.
This style mount became standard after a series of accidents involving engines that torqued up, and continued to torque up because the throttle would stick wide open. The throttle linkage would bind up as the engine continued to rise up off its broken mount. Not a good thing if you're not expecting it!
Before the advent of the captive-style mount, the quick and dirty trick was to put a limit strap, either cable, chain or turnbuckle to limit the ammount of travel the engine could torque up off the mount.