Alternators-adjust my thinking

...........A story from the old days............ Many of you know I once owned a 70 RR 440-6, bought from a friend. Both of us were radio amateurs. Both of us had "some" radio gear in the car at some time. The car DID NOT Have the heavy duty police/ fire / taxi wiring mod. This was in the early 70's when the car was nearly new

Before I got out of the Navy in '74 the car "ate" the bulkhead terminals and damaged the ammeter which mounts in the PLASTIC cluster housing on that car (Ralleye dash) Not having the advantage of this site here (or Al Gore's internet) I ran large gauge wire through holes enlarged in the bulkhead terminals, and took the ammeter apart and reworked it

By this time the car had a rebuilt alternator, I'm not sure what it actually came with. The original owner had ordered the 65 A alternator and obviously that is NOT what it came with