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CCKW353 12-05-2020 04:19 PM
I would be interested in one also.... just need 48 more.. haha.

Mark IV 12-05-2020 04:46 PM
Yeah, well two does not make it happen! Many times we have had people say they WANT something until it was time to pay for it, then they don't really NEED it! (see thread on on magnesium Halibrands wheels)

jetblue69 12-05-2020 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark IV (Post 1486050)
Yeah, well two does not make it happen! Many times we have had people say they WANT something until it was time to pay for it, then they don't really NEED it! (see thread on on magnesium Halibrands wheels)
Like I said... I don't own an original cobra so I don't have to have it. If there were 49 people who were really serious I'll be #50 just to make it happen...lol

1985 CCX 12-08-2020 07:37 AM
Question

Isnt the FE alternator a three wire?
289's were the one wire?

The majority of the pullies are also bolt on style? With larger pullies for lower rpm on the alt.
289's pullies the press in type, 427 bolt on.

Am I wrong?

LMH 12-08-2020 08:34 AM
I’m not an expert on Cobra 427’s but I thought the alternator had changed to a bolt on fan/pulley by the time it was produced. No?
Larry

1985 CCX 12-08-2020 09:39 AM
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My thoughts too....

Original S/C and comp had three wire, these were concours (not concourse) cars

cycleguy55 12-08-2020 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 1985 CCX (Post 1486177)
Question

Isnt the FE alternator a three wire?
289's were the one wire?

The majority of the pullies are also bolt on style? With larger pullies for lower rpm on the alt.
289's pullies the press in type, 427 bolt on.

Am I wrong?
I could be wrong, but it's my understanding the one-wire alternator wasn't invented until long after Cobra production had ended.

PaulProe 12-08-2020 05:52 PM
The cobras equipped with an alternator all used a 1G style which was a three wire alternator (remote voltage regulator) This style was used by Ford thru 1985, well outside the cobra timeframe.

Some of the early 289's were equipped with generators, but models soon switched to Ford alternators.

Mark IV 12-09-2020 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by 1985 CCX (Post 1486182)
My thoughts too....

Original S/C and comp had three wire, these were concourse cars
My understanding is that early 427's had the plug in unit and later cars had the stud type case with the nut retained pulley.

Warning: "Concours", not "Concourse" unless your car is sitting in the common area of a mall or such:D

LMH 12-09-2020 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark IV (Post 1486221)
My understanding is that early 427's had the plug in unit and later cars had the stud type case with the nut retained pulley.

Warning: "Concours", not "Concourse" unless your car is sitting in the common area of a mall or such:D
Leaf spring cars original with alternators had a plug-in wire harness. Pulley was a large diameter press-on type. I don’t know if those carried over to the early coil spring cars or not.
BTW, I have the last DST press-on pulley. Still in the box, never installed. Purchased it from Tim Mason from old stock.😀

Larry

my427cobra 12-09-2020 09:13 AM
Oh yeah. And don't forget the "AUTOLTE" stamp in orange ink on the alternator housing.

I bought a stamp some years ago on e-bay which had the Autolite name, the correct alternator part number and amp output on the stamp.

Completes the look.

Cheers
Greg

LMH 12-09-2020 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by my427cobra (Post 1486228)
Oh yeah. And don't forget the "AUTOLTE" stamp in orange ink on the alternator housing.

I bought a stamp some years ago on e-bay which had the Autolite name, the correct alternator part number and amp output on the stamp.

Completes the look.

Cheers
Greg
For the 427. The stamp on the small block cars said “FoMoCo”.
Larry

my427cobra 12-09-2020 11:05 AM
Roger that Larry.

Cheers
Greg


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