[Roadsters] Alternator question

[Stan Wilkins]

Back in my much misspent youth I ran an auto electric shop.  Not that I 
was much of a technician but I employed some really sharp guys and had a 
partner with whom I'm still friends who is one of the best techs in the 
state.  (The local ambulance companies have him build replacement 
electronic flashers for the extra emergency lighting on their rigs; the 
stock ones just don't hold up.) We built and installed many GM one wire 
units; the hot rod guys always wanted chromed ones.  We also had what we 
called piggy back regulators which would plug into the place where the 
stock wiring plug would go.  There were many alternators which we could 
get piggy backs for including most Fords.  The hot rod guys who had Ford 
motors really liked that 'cause they didn't want any dadgum Chevy parts 
on their Fords.  Point is that the one wire alternative is viable and 
long lasting.  If part replacement when away from home is a concern 
carry a spare one wire regulator in your took kit so that you can get an 
alternator from any parts house and install the regulator in your hotel 
room.

FrankenStan

On 6/29/2012 3:06 PM, Mike Harper wrote:
> I am going to have to agree.  I like staying mostly stock, but after years of
> pulling my hair with over-charging issues voltage regulators and 40 year-old
> wiring I finally did the GM thang and LOVE it!  The built-in VR and clean
> installation getting rid of VR, wiring harness and mess is worth it for me,
> and the application looks stock to a non-roadster expert on my '66.  I have
> the old stuff just in case I ever enter a concourse ;-)), but will never go
> back
>
> My 2c
>
>
> Mike Harper, CAI, AARE
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> --- On Fri, 6/29/12, BARTERDUDE at aol.com<BARTERDUDE at aol.com>  wrote:
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> From: BARTERDUDE at aol.com<BARTERDUDE at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Alternator question
> To: aultgc at att.net, jim.jones90 at comcast.net, datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
> Date: Friday, June 29, 2012, 5:57 PM
>
>
> I've got to say the one-wire GM route is "fast and furious" even for the
> somewhat novice, if you're not trying to stay OEM.  I've done it on  four
> different roadsters over the years with great  success.
>
>
> Gary Lasater  - Parker CO
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> 1964 SPL310-01289
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