The final mock up - ac/alt mustang style set up

[Lou Earle]

Well here it is- the final mock up of the plate that allows me to install ac compressor and alternator on the same side and the alternator being run off the compressor which sits where the generators located even using the generator bracket. The tension bracket for the alternator is from a local alternator starter shop-Thanks Scott- the compressor bracket is from using the old generator tensioner and another plate to "Move" the condenser bracket hole up a bit. I believe this will work on just about any Plymouth from 46 to 56. This set up uses an in between belt on the wide pulleys on the crank and water pump- it does not hit the bottom of the pulley and sits well into the ac compressor pulley then a thin belt is used on the compressor to alternator belt. It would be probably be better to change to all narrow pulleys but I really do not feel like doing all that work right now so- compromise- compromise. Also the tilt in the alternator will be corrected when the new holes are drilled in the new plates. Lou

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[Guest 57plymouth]

The only negative thing I can see is that the side plate goes under the head bolts. If I were building it, I would use two of the head bolts that use a threaded center so you don't have to worry about torque loss on the head gasket. You could bolt that plate to the inner bolts.

The bolts I mean are the ones that the negative battery cable is attached to next to the thermostat housing in this picture.