1959 Generator ?

[Bruce B.]

Does a early 1959 Corvette 270 HP car have aluminum end frames on the generator? Were they painted?
Thanks.

[John P.]

Re: 1959 Generator ?

In 1959 all but the 290hp used the 1102043 generator. It had an aluminum unpainted drive end plate and a cast iron commutator end plate painted semi-flat black.

[Cecil L.]

Re: 1959 Generator ?

In 1959 all but the 290hp used the 1102043 generator. It had an aluminum unpainted drive end plate and a cast iron commutator end plate painted semi-flat black.

John,
Can you elaborate on the 58-59 1102059 generator? There seems to be very little info it's components. As far as I can tell from the parts catalog, it has the cast 404 drive end frame and the big bearing commutator end frame, but is it closed end or have a freese plug in it?
the reason I ask is that I have a gen configured like that but it has no tag.

[John P.]

Re: 1959 Generator ?

The 2059 had cast iron D.E. and C.E. plates. They both were painted semi flat black. Both had a 3 1/4 inch distance between the center of the mounting hole and the center of the bearing hole. The 2059 used a bearing at both ends. The early 2059 had a cast in(integral)bearing housing on the C.E. This was changed to an open end with a silver (zinc or cadmium) plated freeze plug. This happened relatively quickly(the bearing can be a real pain to remove on the early version) .The D.E. most often had a slight "flat" spot on the outer edge.I hope this helps.

[Cecil L.]

Re: 1959 Generator ?

Thanks,
Looks like I may have an early version of the 059, or some other application that used the same end frames.