Alternator bracket

cheyenne7271

Does anyone have a pattern to make an alternator bracket for a 49 Super 6 262? Or does someone have said bracket and what pulleys to use? Have a friend converting his car to 12v. 

blondwookie

I have a mounting bracket for a GM alternator, and it bolts where the lower generator bracket mounts on any Hudson 6 cylinder. Have pictures if you want to look at my set up

blondwookie

I also have a GM hei built too. Have those pics too

bob ward

Bottom LH corner of this pic is a DIYed alternator bracket, they are all going to be much the same but subtly different depending on the alternator used.
First up you need make the base, for which I used 1" x 3/8" flat drilled to suit the mounting holes in the block. Leave the base over long until you have the ears mounted, trim as required.
The 2 ears are 1" x 5/16" flat positioned so the alternator pulley lines up with the crank and water pump pulleys. The 2 round bits tacked to the ears are an after thought, they are tapped (captive nuts effectively) to make it easier to bolt on the alternator.
With luck and/or a bit of fiddling should be a be able to re-use the stock adjustment strap.
Make sure the alternator you buy is a LH mount alternator.

29sptphaeton

I have a 46 pickup with a 8 cyl. And GM alternator like above phot. I used a GM side terminal battery to eliminate any chance of the hood shorting out across the top of the battery. I have seen holes burned in the hoods of 41-47 Hudsons that have had to tall of a battery installed.

cheyenne7271

Thank you guys for the input. I like seeing what everyone comes up with

blondwookie

I had a custom made lower alternator bracket, then used a upper swing bracket from gm engine that had the alternator on the driver side of the engine

blondwookie

I have pictures of how I set my alternator up if you are interested

7XPacemaker

blondwookie said:

I also have a GM hei built too. Have those pics too

I would like to see the pics of that and what you did to make it work please!

blondwookie

7X, 

This is my GM HEI. My machinist did the welding as well as off set the tang for the oil pump. The housing is from a Chevy inline 6 cylinder engine

They are an exact match in length including the offset

blondwookie

Installed in my engine