[Boatanchors] Partially Off Topic Question

[Carl]

Chevy in 55, Ford in 56

Carl
KM1H



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Post" <postr at ohiou.edu>
To: "Jack Antonio" <scr287 at sbcglobal.net>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Partially Off Topic Question


> 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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