C-1 Generator heat shield

[Jerry C.]

Have an early 1960-270hp and need to know if all tach drive units had heat shield? JG talks about 58 generators and then says small heat shield is used to protect tach drive. Is this for 58 or all 58-60's? Thanks in advance

[Bruce B.]

Re: C-1 Generator heat shield

My 57 has a small heat shield on the tach drive generator.
I think it might be used on all generators but not sure.

[Donald H.]

Re: C-1 Generator heat shield

Jerry,

My early (November 59) 245hp has one. I can't swear that it is original or not. I read the section in the JG that you mentioned. I think the comment about the shield refers to 58-60. The sentence about 58 is just that it mounted directly to the manifold. Or at least thats the way I read it.

Don

[Tom B.]

Re: C-1 Generator heat shield

Do you have a photo of this heat shield. My '59 #881 doesn't have one but it could have been removed at some time. I also can't find one in any photo in any book I have including Noland's. There is no mention of it in the judging guide either as far as I can see.

Tom

[Dan H.]

Re: C-1 Generator heat shield

My early 58, vin 297, had the small heat shield due to the 'U' gen mount being bolted directly to the manifold. Later in 58, the generator was mounted with a flat plate to move the generator up and forward to prevent fan belt from rubbing on lower radiator hose. The generator pulley changed also and was spaced forward to aid in the fan belt issue. Water pump and crank pulleys also changed to match up. Don't recall seeing an original heat shield on the late 58 to 60 generators, the flat plate spacer probably solved the heat problem.
Dan
(this was a 245 HP car)

[Donald H.]

Re: C-1 Generator heat shield

Do you have a photo of this heat shield. My '59 #881 doesn't have one but it could have been removed at some time. I also can't find one in any photo in any book I have including Noland's. There is no mention of it in the judging guide either as far as I can see.

Tom

Here's a picture from Paragon website, it looks just like the one on my 1960.


heat shield.jpg

[Dan H.]

Re: C-1 Generator heat shield

Donald, what is the part number from the AIM?

[Donald H.]

Re: C-1 Generator heat shield

Donald, what is the part number from the AIM?

I have not seen it in the AIM. I haven't looked at Nolan Adams' book yet. It was on my 60 when I bought it, but as I said in an earlier post, I have no clue whether its correct or not. However, hopefully someone will chime in that it was eliminated after the change in '58 model year that you mentioned. If so, then I will take the one on my car off.

Don

[Dan H.]

Re: C-1 Generator heat shield

I have not seen it in the AIM. I haven't looked at Nolan Adams' book yet. It was on my 60 when I bought it, but as I said in an earlier post, I have no clue whether its correct or not. However, hopefully someone will chime in that it was eliminated after the change in '58 model year that you mentioned. If so, then I will take the one on my car off.

Don

Donald, looked at my scrapbook with low mileage 58 to 60 cars. Found a 2300 mile 59 245 hp, no heat shield, just the plate and U bracket. Also, a 1960 untouched 250 hp barn find, no heat shield either. The vendors have been selling these forever and people put them on their cars years ago not knowing if it indeed had one originally. My 58, 59, and 60 AIM do not show a heat shield, sooooo....?
Dan

[Donald H.]

Re: C-1 Generator heat shield

Sounds like I need to take mine off!!!! I'll also send a note to someone who went through the Texas Regionals and see if it came up there in judging his 60.

Thaks,

Don

[Donald H.]

Re: C-1 Generator heat shield

Got confirmation that at least at the Texas Regional a 60 without the shield did not take a deduct, so I'm taking mine off.

Don

[Dennis C.]

Re: C-1 Generator heat shield

Don,

i don't have my notes handy, but from memory, the heat shield was used in 1958 with right hand side hood supports and with the generator U support mounted to the exhaust manifold without the later mounting plate.

Later cars had the hood support relocated to the left side and utilized a mounting plate to the exhaust manifold.

Dennis

[Steven B.]

Re: C-1 Generator heat shield

Ask Tim Mickey as he will know if and when.

[Tom B.]

Re: C-1 Generator heat shield

I can't find it in the AIM either or Noland's book in the '58-'60 section.

Steve,

Does your '57 have one?

[Bruce B.]

Re: C-1 Generator heat shield

I checked my early 57 and my late 57 and they both have the generator heat shield.
I will post pictures later today.