[RAGTP66]

Has anyone ever seen this before and what exactly is it ? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chev...pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item25809ec27b&vxp=mtr


chris

 

[sibedog]

this car was for sale here in the kansas city area back in april of may.it was on ebay.the owner before this one in his ab kept making a big deal about the alternator.he called it a certain name,but for the life of me i can't remember it.it has just about every option that a '66 chevelle could have.i think that car sold for between 8-9 grand.

 

[Chris R]

This car was discussed heavily a few months back. Reviews were mixed.

 

[joe2maine]

Use to see them on gmc diesels in the later sixty . If I recall they came in 85 amp and 105 amp. A real piece of ****.

 

[70RAIII]

Don't know about the alternator.... but the front seats look like they came out of a '67 GTO/LeMans.... Hood looks like a repop too..

 

[RAGTP66]

I thought the last time he posted it up he called it like a machine gun barrel or something like that. I just never saw anything like it and was wondering what it was if you look close it almost looks like there is a rubber plug of sorts coming out on the side not the rear towards the drivers side fender then it looks to go to a cobbled up wiring harness with lots of electrical tape.

 

[Cam]

With a/c the standard alternator is upgraded from the 37 ampress unit to the 61 ampress unit (K76). In 1966 there was a further upgrade available with or with a/c, the K81 alternator. I don't know the specs other than it is a 62 amp peak output. I suspect it is also a high idle charging rate, designed for high load.

 

[Andy's Auto Repair]

Looks more marine to me.

 

[Jim_66SS]

Same alternator was discussed here a few months ago on a 66 for sale in MO. Suppose to be legitimate according to that post.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...9&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:3160#ht_67991wt_919

Looks to be same car, 1st time it ran it didn't sell, then 2nd time it looked like it sold for $9k. Who knows if it actually sold.

 

[Dean]

That car belonged to one of our club members who had owned it for years, the alternator is an extra heavy duty deal and there was two spare alternators with it. The car was loaded and had some special-heavy duty ignition system also.

He had to leave town for a better job and couldn't take it with him so another club member bought it and kept it in his indoor collection for quite a while then sold it for $5,500.00. That buyer evidently was a flipper and sold it for $8,500.00 right away and I think buyer #3 also sold it and now buyer #4 has it for sale.

You can see it (kinda) trying to hide in this picture.

More of Dan's shop

 

[CoolBlueGlow]

I posted quite a bit of info about this unusual and fairly rare alternator, in that discussion thread a few months ago. Yes, this is a legitimate and correct piece...including in particular the special BB upper alternator bracket exclusive to this alternator. (Yes, the bracket too is different than the small frame Delcotron.)

Can't say it came on this car, but it was a definite available option in 66, and apparently not often ordered.

 

[cheveslakr]

They're pretty rare but I sure wouldn't hang it off my motor, even if a buildsheet told me I had to. Passed up 1 awhile ago off a '66 chevy van. It was hooked to a 230 six.

 

[CoolBlueGlow]

Yeah...what with the advances in the high current rectifiers now common in small frame Delcotrons as well as electronic regulators, it would have to be a serious concours build situation before I would go this route.

 

[Dean]

The first time I saw it, I thought "what the heck is a washing machine motor doing on there?

 

[VinceS427bb]

i'm not going to rush out and buy one either...