Can you guy's tell me if this is a standard GM butcher job, or has Bubba had a go at it? If it's Bubbas doing, could someone please post a pic of an un-butchered bracket :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/rodent4/IMG_0927.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/rodent4/IMG_0926.jpg

cheers
jim

What does this comment mean "standard GM butcher job".
Go look it up. Summit: http://www.summitracing.com/
Go look it up. Jegs: http://www.jegs.com/
Go look it up. OPGI: http://www.opgi.com/indexhome.asp
Go look it up. Ground Up: http://www.ss396.com/

That should keep you busy.
Cheers..:beers:

Jim, what year chevelle?

Jim, what year chevelle?

Hi Tim, It's a '67 SS, my guess would be a 325hp.

I guess we have to ask questions of this guy in really specific terms!

Hey Jim, care to tell us if its a SBC or a BBC? It really makes a difference.

I guess we have to ask questions of this guy in really specific terms!

Hey Jim, care to tell us if its a SBC or a BBC? It really makes a difference.
I don't think he even likes Chevys.

Ok first, I don't know if this is from a Big block or a Small block as it was given to me :(
If you could tell me if it is original or not and if it's for a Small block or a Big block it would be appreciated :)

Not being from the States I have not had my hands on anywhere near as much Chevy stuff as you guy's so please bare with me. I have been to quite a few web sites to look at brackets and pulleys but there seems to be conflicting part#'s and configurations.

I don't think he even likes Chevys. :sad:

No' I don't like'em much at all :boring:

My '67
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/rodent4/67_chev-3.jpg

My '70 Nova
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/rodent4/DiFi.jpg

My '69 L71
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/rodent4/69Corvette.jpg

Can you guy's tell me if this is a standard GM butcher job, or has Bubba had a go at it? If it's Bubbas doing, could someone please post a pic of an un-butchered bracket......

It wasn't me!

Just buy a new one, looks like you've got the money.

It wasn't me!

Just buy a new one, looks like you've got the money.


Car rich, Cash poor :(

Why don't you just build a standard GM butcher job...l:)
You got all those nice cars and you are screwing around with a piece of junk bracket.
Hmm...

Why you guys breaking his balls? He just asked a simple question.

Well. I have spent alot of money and time working on my car.
So I don't much like the comment about "standard GM butcher job".
It implies all Chevy products are nothing but a pile of "standard GM butcher job" stuff.:mad:

Well. I have spent alot of money and time working on my car.
So I don't much like the comment about "standard GM butcher job".
It implies all Chevy products are nothing but a pile of "standard GM butcher job" stuff.:mad:

As for those being his cars. I don't believe him. :noway:

Well. I have spent alot of money and time working on my car.
So I don't much like the comment about "standard GM butcher job".
It implies all Chevy products are nothing but a pile of "standard GM butcher job" stuff.:mad:

Lighten up.

I used to drive a 71 cuda. It was sub-lime, a color you loved or hated. There was no in between. Some people would say "nice car, but I don't like the color." And I spent a heck of alot of money on that paint job, but I never once got as upset as you seem to be.

As for those being his cars. I don't believe him. :noway:

Whatever.......................maybe get out and grab yourself a couple of cans of "harden the hell up"

I have seen quite a lot of GM stuff from the sixties that is rougher than hessian undies.
No reason for me to believe that the bracket isn't beyond their scope of roughness.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/rodent4/IMG_0929_1.jpg

Looks like a standard Bubba butcher job to me; but then, what do I know? :p I've never seen an alt bracket quite like that.

I guess you told big red in that last pic.

Cool cars ya got there, Jim. :thumbsup:

Looks like a standard Bubba butcher job to me; but then, what do I know? :p I've never seen an alt bracket quite like that.

I guess you told big red in that last pic.

Cool cars ya got there, Jim. :thumbsup:

I agree.
Maybe it's the camera angle but I don't think that's even a Chevy bracket.

Jim, I haven't seen an alternator bracket like that. Although I deal mostly with 70s.

I agree.
Maybe it's the camera angle but I don't think that's even a Chevy bracket.


That's kinda what I was thinking also. It looks close but not quite right.

You can buy a new one cheap. Chrome ones can be bought for under $20 on ebay.

I was just playin'. I like to help, but in this case even I would buy a new one. And I don't even have a job right now!:D

Ok now I believe. :hurray:
Sorry for the comment. :yes:

Why you guys breaking his balls? He just asked a simple question.

Yeah!!! What's up with that.

Nice cars, Jim.

To actually answer your question, that bracket does not look like a standard GM bracket, it looks like someone did some modifications to make it work in their application.

Here's a Big Block bracket pic from www.ss396.com:
http://www.ss396.com/mm5/graphics/00000009/AAB-4500.jpg

Here's a Small Block bracket pic from www.ss396.com:
http://www.ss396.com/mm5/graphics/00000009/AAB-3400.jpg

Looks like you have the butchered big block version. Note you can buy a replacement from ground up (www.ss396.com). Shipping might kill you, though. ;)

The small block alt brack and the big block long water pump bracket look alot a like but they are not
I tried to put on a small block bracket on my 454 and then figured it out
ebay has chrome
BB alt brackets for about 14$
Michael
I do not know what that bracket came off of

Mad Max called, he wants his bracket back...:D

Sorry Jim as you are from down under I couldn't resist. BTW very nice collection of cars you have there.:thumbsup:

Jim,

I've never seen a stock alt. bracket from the factory thats been all hacked and welded. I kind of agree with others that it doesn't even look like a factory chevy bracket, at least none that I have ever seen.

I think Bubba tried using his ford bracket on his chevy and modified it to fit.

sorry for these guys breaking your balls. normally people don't act like that around here and actually try to help... must be something in the water.

Well. I have spent alot of money and time working on my car.
So I don't much like the comment about "standard GM butcher job".
It implies all Chevy products are nothing but a pile of "standard GM butcher job" stuff.:mad:


No it doesn't. It implies that ALL GM vehicles are crap.



Respectfully,
John R.

So that's why GM bought Holden all those years ago...........

Thank's very much for the comments and help guy's :D
It's much appreciated :thumbsup:
And for the record, I'm a Chev man through and through. Will be till the day I expire :beers:

I run a chrome bracket on my 66 bb, looks good but junk, very filmsy, I throw a belt at high rpm 5-6k

Okay, I think it is now perfectly clear that it is probably a bad idea to refer to GM as a butcher job when you are on a GM centric website.

Its seems obvious to me that you have a BBC bracket that has had the manifold tab ground off and a 90 degree one attatched. GM historically went for fewer steps in production, not more - so your bracket was obviously fabbed by the welder whose day job was butchering.

Thomas

confirming what others said, looks like a short water pump BBC alt. bracket. someone cut the top mounting ear off and modded it... common for aftermarket manifolds (like edelbrock) to not have the bolt hole in the right place... the lower hole mounts to the top water pump bolt... what engine do you have in your 67? as this would have started as the right peice for it...

ak

Whatever.......................maybe get out and grab yourself a couple of cans of "harden the hell up"

I have seen quite a lot of GM stuff from the sixties that is rougher than hessian undies.
No reason for me to believe that the bracket isn't beyond their scope of roughness.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/rodent4/IMG_0929_1.jpg

now that's funny...

Gotta hand it to my Aussie friend, that was good. He could have added a few empties of Victoria Bitter on the ground for effect though.

Doesn't look like the one I have on my 67
http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL636/4139585/17673840/305900376.jpg

nutsenut7, I'm not sure that I can quite put my finger on it - but I'm thinking, just maybe, that at least one thing on your car *might* be different than original production in '67. But then again what do I know, maybe yours is a prototype?

On the plus side, if you ever decided to use a factory left side BBC alternator bracket your intake manifold has the mounting lug! So, no butcher job bracket for you :)

Thomas

Doesn't look like the one I have on my 67
http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL636/4139585/17673840/305900376.jpg

Imagine tryin' to make that monster motor breath through thet teensy weensie air filter!

My alternator bracket is definitely a butcher job due to the requirements of the supercharger. On the other hand he did paint it black and it works well.

I have a new hood in my garage to go on when it gets painted in November then air cleaner will fit I have no clearance now thats the reason for small air cleaner

I have a new hood in my garage to go on when it gets painted in November then air cleaner will fit I have no clearance now thats the reason for small air cleaner


Believe me my friend...my comment was meant humorously. Absolutely NO criticism intended. Thats a fantastic looking power plant. I pretty much figured that there was a reason for the little air cleaner and anyone who can build a mill like that knows what he's doing. :)

Believe me my friend...my comment was meant humorously. Absolutely NO criticism intended. Thats a fantastic looking power plant. I pretty much figured that there was a reason for the little air cleaner and anyone who can build a mill like that knows what he's doing. :)

no offence was taken I knew it was small I tried a k@n top but holley air horn was to high:beers: