[Howard Jones]

Pantera,

I made it out of a piece of 8 sided rod. Turned down the ends and drilled and taped one end L/H and the other R/H. It could be made out of any piece of thick wall tubing that has a I.D. slightly smaller than the tap size of the rod ends you use. I used 3/8 rod ends because they are the same size as the mounting bolts that go into the head and thru the alternator.


By attaching the A/C pump and alternator separately from all of their mounting points I hoped to not hang any single point of support too far out on the end of a "lever". I hope you get what I mean. Anyway it has all worked out very well so far. Nothing on the front of the motor has come loose.

I also tried to use as short as possible belts. This was an attempt to reduce belt stretching and lessen the tendency of a long belt to ride over the edge of a pulley as it snaps back from a sudden in change in speed. It all seams clear in my head but I seam to have a hard time putting it on paper. I hope I have been clear enough for the reader.

I tried to make all this mounting stuff as strong as I could and still use aluminum as a material. On second thought steel would be only slightly more weight but more than likely more reliable in the long run. I guess I just like working with aluminum. But mainly I did it this way because I had a lot of aluminum around for free and I can't really afford to pay anyone to do this sort of stuff for me so just about everything like this on my car is hand made. It's amazing what you can do for yourself when you have no money in the budget.

Here's what it looks like in the car. Both the A/C pump and the altenator are low down in the engine bay where theres more room behind the firewall access pannel. Both can be adjusted (belts) from underneath the car without removing anything.