Alternator output

["Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>]

All this talk about alternators has got me wondering.  What do the 
stock Lucas alternators put out, particularly for a '72?  My 
Volkswagen Jetta had an 85 amp model as standard equipment, but I'm 
getting the impression that's on the high end of normal.  I did use 
a Heavy-Duty Cadillac alternator for an autosound application once, 
and we could pull 120 amps off of it at idle!  But considering it was 
from an Eldorado with the towing package, that might not be too 
excessive.
Scott