original 1964 289 alternator bracket

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cobra pack
i believe i have one more bracket left that is not spoken for...............the actual casting process starts 11/20/06.

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..............just checked my books and at this time i have (2) pieces that are not spoken for...........

[Dan Case]

Alternators were optional on several Ford and Mercury products before 1964. Mr. Mannel's excellent and very comprehensive reference book for small Ford V-8 engines shows the first in his 1962 221/260 engine section as supplied by Leece-Neville in 40 and 60 amp. By 1963 just about any Ford could have been ordered with the first version of the Ford built alternator associated also with Cobras, Thunderbolts, and Light Weight 427 Galaxies 1963-64. Most of the service parts available have 1963 Thunderbird or truck engineering number prefixes.

It wasn't important in 1979 but I saw a Cobra at the Jackson, MS "Shelby Meet" that year that was an early alternator equipped one that had an oval plate riveted to the case that proclaimed it was an engineering prototype. Some early alternator cars have non-production engineering number voltage regulators also. (Details like these get lost during rebuilds usually.)

Dan

[Excaliber]

Good stuff Dan, thanks for that up-date on the earliest alternator options.

You know, some of us die hard gear heads can't get enough details. I'll add 'no number regulators' to my next 'keeping it real' rant.

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[IMG][/IMG]the first finished casting to get trial fitted to an engine:

please excuse the mounting bolts as we did not have the correct size when we mounted the bracket

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[IMG][/IMG]photo of the original bracket:
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this is an original alt. bracket for ford small block applications before 1965. unfortunately it will not work on a original style 289 cobra frame even if you could find one of these brackets:[IMG][/IMG]

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..............we've had such a positive response to the alternator bracket that we are going to do another production run. if anyone is interested please contact me.................
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.............the black bracket is an original casting and the other is the reproduction..........thanks