On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:08:54 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:23:41 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:51:01 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:27:42 -0800, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote:

Somebody wrote:
As long as we're bragging, my 1970 Ford Custom got 9mph.

'Course it had a police interceptor engine, a calibrated speedometer
up to
140, an 8-quart crankcase, and, believe it or not, a DELCO
alternator.


Police vehicle?

1970?

Delco alternator?

Very doubtful.

That was Leece-Neville business back then.

Lew


Could have been replaced with a Delco.
Except the Delco mounting brackets wouldn't fit a Ford wirhout MAJOR
reworking, and the L-N bolted right in.

Still could have been replaced. I can imagine a small town with only 2
or 3 squad cars being in a hurry to get them back in service with
whatever they could get their hands on fastest.
Which in the case of the heavy duty alternators WOULD have been the
Leece Neville - They OWNED that market in those days. The 180 amp?
delcos were scarce as hen's teeth.