removing a/c from 74 valiant

Saetun said

DartGTDan, the brackets in your "finished conversion" pic are very clean looking. Did you fab those up? I noticed they are not the modified A/C brackets you show in the previous pics. If you found a drop in replacement could you point me in that direction? Also is the grind on the waterpump still necessary with that setup? Thx

~Sae

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Saetun,

The top rear bracket is in fact an original bracket (purchased from e-bay & modified with a bandsaw).

The top front bracket is one of those small block Chevy chrome alternator brackets (found in the cheapie section of autozone ($10)) that was also cut/ground down.

Bottom bracketry is all from the factory.

I needed to grind the water pump rib because I wanted to use the same size belt for the crank/power steering/water pump and the crank/alternator. If I had purchased a smaller diameter belt I may have been able to adjust/rotate the alternator down further and clear the water pump rib altogether.

I have other pictures if you need more help.

Dan