In a message dated 7/14/00 10:40:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, njp548@xxxx writes: << how did you manage to get a Ducellier alternator on your car if they stopped the Ducellier alternator at VIN# 4539? I don't think that they would have installed that alternator at one of the QAC's when they found out that they were so under powered. Are you sure that you don't have the Motorola alternator on there? >> Yeah, that's why I figured that, having an '82, no way I'd have the original style alternator. My car was made just days before the company went into receivership. All I can figure is, maybe at a QAC they had a problem with the unit and swapped it with another car on hand, or a unit on the shelf. I'm the third owner...who knows, maybe a prior repairman replaced the motorola with the cheaper of the two available styles. Even today, you can buy a new Duc. if you want one. I dunno. But I've seen the label on it with my own eyes, to my dismay. -Wayne 11174