[AT] 8-volt batteries in 6-volt tractors

[Easley, Greg]

Good grief Walt.  Do you ever have anything positive to add?
If you want to bash I can suggest several discussion boards that you
might enjoy.

Greg
http://www.geocities.com/heartland/woods/1416

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Subject: Re: [AT] 8-volt batteries in 6-volt tractors

Larry you live in a dream world. the rest of us were lucky to own a car
with a heater even in the fifties. I had a 46 Pontiac with a built in
heater my mother's 46 Chevy had a Southwind gas heater add on.  My 50
Ford pickup had nothing, lights that would go out every once in a while
leaving you in the  dark until something clicked and they came back on.
maybe your father had  some good ideas but you know what the factories
don't always go with the best system they go with the one that is
cheapest and easiest to produce. I didn't  know what air conditioning
was until I bought my 91 Ranger its just not a big thing out here on the
North coast. 
Power windows were around in the early days my friend stored a 47
Lincoln here last summer with power windows they were hydraulic not
electric. But that doesn't mean they were common only if you were rich
very rich and could afford  those things. Most of us had cars with no
heater no radio no air conditioning, just 4 wheel and maybe a spare and
6 cylinders yes even a Ford was  more 
common with the 6 than 8 cylinder.   
OH my very first car was a 37 Plymouth coupe and it had a radio tucked
up under the dash over the steering column with remote controls to the
dash. It didn't work very well because the antennas were under the
running boards and I lived way out in the country where they had to pipe
in the sunlight.  
Just because some cars had something other than 4 wheel and an engine
doesn't mean they were the norm. 
 
Walt  Davies
Cooper Hollow Farm
Monmouth, OR 97361
503 623-0460