Hi Dave:
If you're okay with having the alternator located down a little lower (I
think--haven't tried it yet myself), Scott Drake makes a repro bracket
set like the one on the Falcon (?) or maybe it was the Fairlane.
Stamped steel (chromed), so it basically mounts in the stock Ford
location.
I think you'll also need a spacer for the alternator.
The part number for the bracket kit is C5ZZ-10145/51-K. It has (2)
pieces--a triangular mounting plate and the slotted adjustment bar. As
I said, I think you'll need a spacer too.
I have a GM 1-wire alternator, so I'm not sure this kit will fit without
some modification--I'm a little ways away from finding out, though I
have the kit in front of me as I write this. Can't remember how much it
cost, but it can't have been much--I'm on a fairly tight budget so
evidently I wasn't THAT concerned about potentially 'wasted' money.
Scott Drake doesn't sell directly to the public, but I got mine at an
aftermarket Mustang shop and I believe that a number of shops carry his
bracket kit.
Best Regards
David Sosna
Dave Munroe wrote:
>Hi all;
>
>I just got my Tiger back from the shop after the complete (second
>mortgage on the house type of complete!) body, motor and driveline
>restoration, and on the way home the generator stopped generating. I
>wasn't surprised because it wasn't making all that much juice before I
>put the car in the shop last fall.
>
>I can't think of a single reason for not converting to an alternator,
>other than the lack of a suitable mounting bracket. A check of the
>extensive storehouse of info on the Tigers United website unfortunately
>turned up nothing.
>
>I see the C.A.T. parts warehouse is "out of stock" on their neat alloy
>bracket. Is there another source for these brackets, or an equivalent
>more recent (302?) bracket that will allow this conversion?
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