Just picked up my starter motor from the repair shop. They went through it cleaning and replacing some components. I mentioned bringing in the old generator to have them check it out. The shop owner told me if anything had to be done on it the repair bill could run as much as $400 easily. Said if I didn't care about straying from all original it would be far better to purchase an alternator and ditch the old generator and voltage regulator. I was thinking that direction in any case. This is on the 1956 3100 I'm restoring.

Your thoughts, one way or another?