[Boatanchors] Partially Off Topic Question

[Rich Post]

For Ford, it was '55 (6 volt, my '55 was a Customline model) to '56  (12 
volt).   I believe Chevy changed a year earlier.

Rich KB8TAD


At 02:40 PM 8/9/2009, Jack Antonio wrote:
>When did American automobiles go from a 6 Volt system
>to a 12 V system?
>
>I have a 52 Ford car radio which is 6 V, and I know
>that by the time I was aware of such things in high school
>in the mid 60s, all the family's cars were 12V, but when
>did the change occur?
>
>Was it an all at once starting with a given model year?
>
>Were 12V systems optional, becoming standard at some point?
>
>This was prompted by some idle thinking about using the 52 Ford
>car radio as a basis for a simple cheap ham receiver, by adding
>a BFO and a converter front end, a project that I may explore one
>of these decades.
>
>Thanks
>
>Jack Antonio WA7DIA
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