Need your info on Generators C1's

[Roy B.]

I would like to ask members to look at their generators to get feed back on the position of the tag location for C1's 55 to 61. I'm thinking of adding an article to the restorer or you can , years ago I showed how you use your finger between the housing front & rear plates to determine a Corvette plate from a car. Now how do we determine a Corvette middle section from a car.
Over the many years a Corvette generator could have been rebuilt using the car generator pieces like the center section which will work.
Today judges know to look for the correct end plates and tag but how about the center section.?
Well here is how I tell when judging = all generators mounted on the driver side of the engine the tag is right of the arm bolt and can be read from the passenger fender.
All generators mounted on the passenger side of the engine the tag is left of the arm bolt and can be read from the driver side.
\As seen here a 55 and 57 the 55 is correct but the 57 is from a car middle section 55 up even tho the date may be correct or replaced= WHY because car's were left mounted on the left side in case you ordered the option PS.or option AC was added.

Again many but not all items in the JM go by numbers and not it's design, so like the plates that people had to learn and find , now the middle section ?

[Gary C.]

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Roy, in my opinion the '56-57 043 generators were as the one you've posted the picture of with the tag to the left of the adjustment bolt when facing the front. The 043 was a Corvette only generator. Regards, Gary....

[Roy B.]

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Roy, in my opinion the '56-77 043 generators were as the one you've posted the picture of with the tag to the left of the adjustment bolt when facing the front. The 043 was a Corvette only generator. Regards, Gary....

Gary thanks
That's what I'm asking for options , the 043 was a corvette only 56 to (77?) Corvette all with the tag facing left of the bolt as you say on all Corvettes.? I dont quite understand .

[Gary C.]

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Roy, sorry that was a typo, should've been 56-7. When standing by the Driver's fender the generator tag is like the one you've posted a photo of - tag is on the left side of the adjusting bolt. Gary....

[Thomas G.]

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Roy, my late 56 looks exactly like your photo of the 55, with the tag (043) even with the arm bolt.

I am interested in your comment about the direction from which you read the tag (from the passenger side). I am in the process of restoring my generator, removed the tag and forgot to note which way it was installed. I also have a 57 BelAir with PS, tag read from the driver side and located left of the bolt as shown in your 57 photo. I don't unerstand why the tag would be read from the opposite side of the car for 56.

My 56 has an aluminum front plate and a cast iron rear plate. The Tech Info Manual & Judging Guide 4th ed seems to imply that both should be aluminum. Is mine correct?

Would appreciate your comments on this, my first reply on this site.

Thanks,

Tom Grieco

[Roy B.]

Re: Need your info on Generators C1's

Roy, my late 56 looks exactly like your photo of the 55, with the tag (043) even with the arm bolt.

I am interested in your comment about the direction from which you read the tag (from the passenger side). I am in the process of restoring my generator, removed the tag and forgot to note which way it was installed. I also have a 57 BelAir with PS, tag read from the driver side and located left of the bolt as shown in your 57 photo. I don't unerstand why the tag would be read from the opposite side of the car for 56.

My 56 has an aluminum front plate and a cast iron rear plate. CORRECT The Tech Info Manual & Judging Guide 4th ed seems to imply that both should be aluminum. Is mine correct?

Would appreciate your comments on this, my first reply on this site.

Thanks,

Tom Grieco

I dont have a answer why the tag is read from the passenger side but that's correct on your 57

[Bob B.]

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Roy,

Here are a couple of pics of passenger side mounted generators on 1960 Corvettes. The tag is toward the engine and upside-down as viewed from the fender. It is just a bit inboard from even with the terminal with the warning tag.

Bob

[Bob B.]

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Roy,

Oops! Pushed the submit button instead of the attach button! Here are a couple of pics.

Bob

[Roy B.]

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Roy,

Oops! Pushed the submit button instead of the attach button! Here are a couple of pics.

Bob

Correct when it's mounted on the passenger side , but that's my opinion that I've seen for many years/ as my first post said

[Gary C.]

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FYI - the '60 generator photos Bob posted are right hand mounts. Gary....

[Mike E.]

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Passenger and Corvette tags are oriented the same way. Passenger generator, mounted on the left side, was easy to read. Corvette generator, generally mounted on the right side ( and exclusively on the right side in 61-62) needed to be read upside down when you were closest to it.

[Thomas G.]

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Roy, Thanks for your reply of 8/8 on the 56 plates.

All the posts are clear to me on the subject of tag location. But I am still confused about the orientation of the tag. I interpret your first post that, based on your observations, all Corvette tags should read upside down when viewed from the side of the car where the generator is located.

Mike seems to disagree. My interpretation of his post from yesterday is that all Corvette and passenger generators were manufactured with tag orientation such that they were readable only from the LEFT side of the generator, therefore always upside down from the right side.

This seems to make sense to me. I'm presuming that the tags were installed at the time of manufacture, not at the engine or final assembly plant. It would be very inefficient to install tags readable from either side (or intentionally upside down) to fit the intended application.

I hope this eliminates the confusion generated by my first post. I think I'm beginning to get the hang of this.

[Roy B.]

Re: Need your info on Generators C1's

Roy, Thanks for your reply of 8/8 on the 56 plates.

All the posts are clear to me on the subject of tag location. But I am still confused about the orientation of the tag. I interpret your first post that, based on your observations, all Corvette tags should read upside down when viewed from the side of the car where the generator is located. Yes in my opinion 55-57

Mike seems to disagree. My interpretation of his post from yesterday is that all Corvette and passenger generators were manufactured with tag orientation such that they were readable only from the LEFT side of the generator, therefore always upside down from the right side. He also has his opinion

This seems to make sense to me. I'm presuming that the tags were installed at the time of manufacture, not at the engine or final assembly plant. It would be very inefficient to install tags readable from either side (or intentionally upside down) to fit the intended application.

I hope this eliminates the confusion generated by my first post. I think I'm beginning to get the hang of this.

I'v had many 55 to 57 Corvettes in the early 60's and they all were as I said, but dont take anything that's my opinion as law ,follow the JM that's the law >

[Roy B.]

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