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

[DAVIESW739 at aol.com]

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