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Re: Alternator Conversion

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Subject: Re: Alternator Conversion
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:17:38 -0800
I would have gone for such a kit had it been available when my generator 
died. I wound up having to figure out my own wiring, eventually with 
intervention from a shop  : (

So it seems like a useful idea to me.

Transmancat@aol.com had this to say:

>Hi Guys
>For my own car I have developed an uprated Alternator conversion that uses a 
>generic US made unit. These can put out anything between 65 and 100 amps. 
>When I looked at the marketing possibilities and the cost analysis showed 
>that the unit would retail at just less than $100 for the smaller unit. But, 
>what I thought was, would it not be better to supply a kit of mounts, nuts, 
>bolts and the small amount of wiring you require and let the buyer source 
>the 
>alternator locally? This would half the initial cost, reduce shipping 
>expenditure, and the buyer of the kit could use a second hand unit if he or 
>she wanted to.
>So over to you guys out there in Cyber MG land.... What do you think?
>
>Then again maybe I am just another MG nut that rambles his way through the 
>list on occasions, but at least it is a subject/thread change!
>
>This is a chance to influence what products are in YOUR marketplace.
>
>Thanks for the help
>
>Regards,
>John J, Black 
>http://www.waterloo-dtr.com
>Agents for  Vicarage  Jaguar
>


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.


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