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

[Mike Sloane]

I think you are talking "apples and oranges", Henry. Cars and trucks 
aren't tractors, so comparing horse drawn implements with heated cars 
doesn't make sense. Even back in the pre-automotive days, farmers' 
wagons and buggies had canvas sides on them in colder climates and 
sometimes a little charcoal burner to provide some heat on the ride to 
and from town/church in the bitter cold. When I was growing up in the 
'50s, three "optional" items that were always included in any car or 
truck were the heater, the oil filter, and the cigarette lighter. But I 
lived in NJ/PA, where the winters are pretty cold. I bought a '57 Ford 
in NC one time, and it had an "after market" (Arvin?) heater in it, so I 
am assuming that it was purchased without a heater when new. (it was 
pretty much a "stripper" - a two door station wagon, three speed on the 
column, straight 6 engine, and no radio or anything else that was 
optional. I had wrecked my car in Boone, and I kept it only long enough 
to get me back home and sold it the next day for what I paid - $300!)

Mike

Henry Miller wrote:
> On Friday 10 March 2006 16:04, ken knierim wrote:
> 
>>    When I was growing up (albeit a bit later than some folks on the
>>list), the old cars and trucks (Chevy's, Ford's, International's, no
>>experience with Caddy's from that era) from the 40's and 50's in the
>>area had heaters. You may have grown up in a temperate part of
> 
> 
> I'm not near old enough to remember this, but the old timers I know told me in 
> clear terms that a heater was an optional accessory up until the 50s, and NO 
> farmer would ever spend money on such an option. 
> 
> Of course back then the horse was just retired, and still in everyone's mind.   
> I've never seen a horse drawn implement with a heater, nor is there any 
> obvious way to add one.   (though I suspect some rich folk now and then have 
> figured out how)  Farmers were used to working outside in the bitter cold 
> without help.     Having done so myself, I can honestly say I would rather be 
> working outside when it is -20 than when it is +90.    
> _______________________________________________

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