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This was the final fit with the wood pump bracket and thin aluminum alternator bracket. Everything lined up, so it was off to Andy and the machine shop for some aluminum carving.

When I was satisfied the brackets were pretty close to what I needed, I put my son's skill to work. He is a machinist and training to become a tool and die maker so I thought "Hey, let's see what Andy can do for good old dad." He did a great job of taking my crude old templates and carving me out some aluminum pieces from 3/8" thick 6061 aluminum. Rather than heli-arc the alternator bracket we decided to bolt it together in case I need to move the pulleys around for the Vacuum Pump. I learned a little more about machine screw threads and if you build something like this be sure to use Loctite.

Here are the final pieces that make up the alternator bracket. Everything bolts together with Allen head machine screws and plenty of Loctite.

As you can see in the photos, the fuel pump bracket mounted nicely off the bolts used to mount the Shogun cooling manifold to the block. One thing I like about the Shogun cooling manifold is that I can reverse the flow of the water through the block and heads and with AN fittings there is NEVER a loose hose!

Here is the finished alternator bracket assembled with the East Coast mini-alternator. It's simple to bolt into the chassis and easy to adjust.