[Boatanchors] Partially Off Topic Question

[w8bvh]

My 55 Chevy truck was 12 volt but my friends 54 Fairlane was a 6volt.
Ralph Howes
W8BVH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "Jack Antonio" <scr287 at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Partially Off Topic Question


> The 1954 Pontiac was 6 volts and the 1955 Pontiac was 12 volts. 
> Therefore, I would say that, at least for General Motors, the dividing 
> line was between the 1954 and 1955 model years.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> Website:  http://k9sth.com
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>
> --- On Sun, 8/9/09, Jack Antonio <scr287 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
>
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