Alternator vs. generator

That's not the Rambler that came from the Pleasant Hill area is it?
I had my eyes on that car............

If you were closer to Runnells I'd say bring it over and I'd get you set up with an alternator on it........
(that's what I do...... alternators, generators, starters, etc. about 10 minutes SE of Pleasant Hill)

I'd shoot for a later model GM alternator with internal regulator - it would be a piece of cake to rig it in that car and wire it to run your light and everything connected like it should be. 
I used to convert tractors like the Ford 8N and others to alternator.

PS - moving this to the electric area since that is what it's really about.......

Please don't use "one wire" on it - I've got to run to a tax appointment in two minutes but there's several posts here explaining the "why not" things.

A standard GM alternator wired as GM intended is actually simple on our cars - and will operate the light, charge when first started without revving and so on. Very easy to wire 'em proper.
GM never made a one-wire - that's a performance marketing thing and for those who either choose to not figure it out or can't figure it out as far as proper wiring etc.

A car, especially a lower RPM engine, was never intended to run one and those weren't actually intended for common use on automobiles. There's a whole lot behind it - but I can get you all info needed to install a GM alternator and wire it SIMPLY so it works as intended and works well on that car.
Gotta run - more later if desired.

(a so-called "one-wire" alternator uses third-party regulators, they aren't GM no matter what they look like - they are copies modified for single wire applications. Fine on ag and construction equipment, street rods and so on, but not the BEST thing for our use. GM didn't supply a "one-wire" regulator. If you blow a regulator - you can't just buy a GM regulator and pop it in and have it work.)