Alternator bracket

[Dick Steinkamp]

I don't know who this guy is, but sounds like a good product...

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/1076596242.html

Dick Steinkamp
Bellingham, WA

[sbca96]

I wonder what grade aluminum he is using, thats an awful lot of stress
on the section directly behind the rear mount. Add the vibration of
the engine, altenator, and the belt and I think fatigue would set in
if he didnt at least use 6061 structural grade. I think if I was to
do it, I would have left material gusseting that rear mount down to a
channel that the bolts set into. Possibly also not removing so much of
the material in between the mounts also. Aluminum is light.

Tom

'63 Avanti, zinc plated drilled & slotted 03 Mustang Cobra 13" front disc/98 GT rear brakes, 03 Cobra 17" wheels, GM alt, 97 Z28 leather seats, soon: TKO 5-spd, Ported heads w/SST full flow valves, 'R3' 276 cam, Edelbrock AFB Carb, GM HEI distributor, 8.8mm plug wires

[wcarroll@outrageous.net]

"brackets machined from one piece steel"

I think if anything they're probably a bit OVER engineered!! :O

http://community.webshots.com/user/s2dbaker?vhost=community

[bams50]

quote:Originally posted by sbca96

I wonder what grade aluminum he is using, thats an awful lot of stress
on the section directly behind the rear mount.

From the listing:

"I have some alternator brackets machined from one piece steel."

Robert (Bob) Andrews Owner- Studebakeracres- on the IoMT (Island of Misfit Toys!)
Parish, central NY 13131

"Some people live for the rules, I live for exceptions"- 311

"Do they all not, by mere virtue of having survived as relics of a bygone era, amass a level of respect perhaps not accorded to them when they were new?"

[jimmijim8]

It is steeluminum.

[sbca96]

Thats what I get for reading an ad when I am half asleep. Sorry.

Nevermindinum.[:I]

Tom

[rockne10]

I replaced the Prestolite in my '63 with a Delco by welding an extension on the original alternator bracket.
Now, that engine is in my '53 and the generator bracket has been altered to hold the Sanden compressor.

So, I have a spare bracket that can only be used to mount a Delco alternator on a V-8 Studebaker. If anyone wants it [u]send a PM.</u> I cover shipping. There's only one. First call only.

Brad Johnson
Pine Grove Mills, Pa.
'33 Rockne 10, '51 Commander Starlight, '53 Commander Starlight