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Old 08-28-2010, 09:04 AM
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Default Re: Day 2 vs Street Freaks vs Period Speed Parts

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TDW</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hey Joe...Why did you swap sides for the alternator when you did the engine swap?
The pictures of the car on the Dealers lot are priceless. </div></div>
<span style="color: #3333FF"><span style="font-weight: bold">Well Tony, when we did the engine, back in the day, I didn't think I could put the alternator on the &quot;correct&quot; side because the heads we installed didn't have the bolt holes in them like the stock heads did. So I bought a &quot;short&quot; water pump, changed out the pulleys and used the header alternator mount on the driver's side. I changed everything back to &quot;correct&quot; in 1997 when I realized that I could use the stock brackets for the alternator and just put a nut on the end of the bolt that was supposed to go into the head. I had the original water pump rebuilt, reinstalled the original smog pump, added tubes into the headers I bought in 1969 and it was just like &quot;day 1&quot; again (well almost!!). It's hard to see in the picture, but after I had the headers aluminized, I painted them baby blue. Remember when that was the &quot;hot&quot; color for headers, or even white??

BTW, I did go to the Garden Grove cruise night tonight and ended up winning a trophy for &quot;Best Original&quot;!! I was totally surprised!!</span></span>
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