what is this object on motor

it is on the front of the air shroud, just left of alternator. it looks like a wall outlet receptacle. has 2 hoses going in front and one each going out each side and they disappear behind the shroud. oil cooler maybe? sorry no pics

Probably a breather box, but it'll be tough to be sure without a picture. Most are mounted behind the engine on the firewall, but I've seen one on the front of the shroud.

Does it look like the silver thing high in the middle of the car here? If so, it's a breather.

cory, thats it. does it connect to the carbs, intake manifolds or what. thanks

I don't know about yours with four hoses, but mine comes out of the valve covers on the forward side, about halfway up. In my limited experience, hose clamps and standard rubber hoses are fine (if that's what you've got, you should be okay) because there's no real pressure in the lines -- up until about 3,400 rpms or if you have too much oil in your engine -- compared to the lines to and from a remotely mounted oil cooler. Unlike an oil cooler, there isn't a pump pushing the vapors up these lines.
The breather box is a pressure outlet for the crank case, with the holes in the valve covers allowing for oil to blow out and slowly drain back in gravitically. The oil will drain back through when the rpms that pushed the oil out are lessened, so those lines need to be a downhill travel from the box back to the valve covers.
If you take the top of the box off, there should be a spongy filter and a perforated plate inside. Every now and again, take the sponge out (that's a baffle, just like the metal plate, intended to keep oil from frothing out of the box) and wash it out in a butter tub of gasoline and thoroughly air it out, put it back and it should work forever.
I haven't ever seen a second pair of lines except on a car with a turbo, so the supply to the turbo would have a drain also; no idea where yours might go other than the valve covers. Got photos?

"gravitically"? WHOO-HOO!

As to where other vents might come from, according to tc in another related post about oil leaks, possible locations are: the oil filler tube, which is the most common, and the block-off plate where the fuel pump used to be if you have installed an electric fuel pump. If your counting, that might be four sources in, and if you want to feed both carbs, that would be two outlets. Could have as many as six hoses, sounds like. PS on the fuel pump block off plate, an after market item is one with an appropriate pipe thread tapped in it.

...the officiality of Cory's 'gravitically' comment cannot be disputilated!!

Nor can the pineapple on Jim's head be depilated.

Your humorically expostulated pronouncements are killing me . . .

Kelly, when will you be back in the area? I called the lab two days ago, and "Missile Defense," answered the phone. She sounded hot.

Well, you would like Mary. Anyway, I am out of pocket until a week from tomorrow, on some business and also personal time off in New Hampshire. Try to manage w/out me.

PS: Met up w/ MUSBJIM in San Diego this week and had a fine time over beer and dinner. He is a great guy, w/ much to tell. He sends his kind regards to you personally, and admits to being seriously contemplating the trip for '08 Carlisle in his car. He said he'd definitely be there, and plan A is to fly in. Said he might not mind the ride either, but to do so means quite a bit of time away. We should keep working on him to be sure he makes it one way or the other.