We all must do what we have to do, The part I disagree with is the premise that a delco alternater is more reliable than a Chrysler, I have 23 Mopars 9 with alternaters I put on over 30k miles a year and in the past 10 years only one Chrysler alternater has gone out, I call that quite reliable Don 59 Crown 65 Crown ----- Original Message ----- From: <mullic5@xxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:56 PM Subject: IML: Why GM anything > Hi all; I meant no offense to anyone when I mentioned using a non mopar > alternator on our 67 Imp. Our Imp. Is my wife's daily driver. She literally > drives it daily. We use it for 300 mile trips about twice a month. She makes > a solo trip from Sacramento to Portland several times a year in this car. > That is 600 miles each way. We love this big beautiful car, but I will not be > blind to it's inherent shortcomings. There are many areas where improvements > can be made in performance and reliability. I have electronic ignition and a > Delco alternator on our car for reliability and ease of availability if > she ever needs repairs away from home. > I also have an Edelbrock carburetor (it works and doesn't need attention all > the time) , cast aluminum valve covers (the don't warp and leak), a chrome > air cleaner with cleanable element, a relocated oil filter (for ease of > changing and not rubbing holes in the lower radiator hose). Our car also has > a class three (3,500 lb. rated trailer hitch, adapted from a Cadillac). > While I love and admire correctly restored cars, I have no use for a > trailer queen. > I will use whatever I think works best to keep our car drivable and dependable > Larry > MULLIC5@xxxxxxx > 67CROWN 4DRHT > >