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

George Willer gwill at toast.net
Fri Mar 10 10:16:12 PST 2006


Walt,

When my son rebuilt my computer at Christmas time my blocked senders list
disappeared.  You're giving me reason to start it up again.  We've never
met, although we have talked on the phone.  I have met Larry and he deserves
respect.  Cool it!

Listen to Larry and you may learn a lot!

George Willer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of DAVIESW739 at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 11:39 AM
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> 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





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