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Alternator The area for the alternator is tight. Fortunately Rousch makes a nice aluminum bracket, that fits in the space, with about a quarter inch of clearance from the adjacent chassis. A Powermaster GM style one wire alternator ( 100 amp) in polished aluminum, PWM-27294, worked well, with about three quarters of an inch of clearance on the back side. A crank pulley spacer, ...

Air and Heat, Part I Two little problems, two easy solutions. 1. There is no provision for adjusting air flow between the side dash vents and the floor vent. There is a lever on the evaporator case which accomplishes that task but it is not accessible once the unit is installed. Realistically, one will not need to be changing the direction of the air flow very often, so ...

Nicely done....

I'll second that..... WELL DONE GENTS..!!!!!

Just to share a little.... I used a 1 inch unit for the back brakes and a 7/8 for the front with a Tilton short 7/8 master for the clutch. The short unit allowed me to move the pedals back quite a bit. I also used banjo fittings to further reduce the space needed for the pedals. I added a toe clip to the accelarator and changed the cable location for a straighter pull. pedals2.jpg I ...

Wiring, Part I, Fuse box location After much thought we decided to locate the fuse box on the lower right, passenger side, of the dashboard. The Painless 14 circuit micro fuse harness, #10130, is being used rather than the harness supplied with the car. The mini fuse box is only 3 ½ x 2 inches so it tucks up rather neatly with the fuses accessible from the bottom of the dash. This ...

Wiring, Part IV, Blinkers and Hazard Warning Lights Perhaps the biggest wiring challenge was getting the blinkers and hazard warning flashers to work properly. With a GM style column mounted switch it is simple. But with a Lucas turn signal and single pole switches to activate the hazard flasher, it is a challenge. The objectives were: (1) blinkers would work only when the ...

Starter switch A push button switch just seems natural for a GT 40. Since Lucas switches were selected for other functions, a Lucas push button switch and two position keyed ignition switch (on – off, no accessory position) were selected. Note that the ignition switch can also be used to start the car, the push button simply parrallels the "start" position. The keyed ignition ...

Chris: Your analogy to a credit card commercial is quite appropos on several different levels!! Chuck

Wiring, Part V, Gauges With the switch panels in place, it was time to move on to the gauges, which were straight forward. The speedometer power source is not wired with the other gauges. A ground and power wire were twisted together. The power source was connected directly to the accessory terminal of the ignition switch and the separate ground will be secured directly to the ...