Message text written by "lou"
>As the appointed sergeant-at-arms of the originality police, I am appalled
at the thought of converting a classic to "wrong way" ground. Sticking an
alternator in a Doretti so that a CD can bow out the windows and top is
like
putting mustard on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!!
<
You make that sound like a bad thing!
Mmmm, time for lunch yet?
Here's a couple of thoughts:
1) one could get a trolling motor battery (deep cycle) and power the CD
player from it. No mods to the car and the battery will run that CD player
for 3 -4 hours and considerable volume. Longer and reduced volume. Put
the trickle charger on at night.
2) Reversible changes, such as changing polarity and adding an alternator,
can always be undone if there is a change of heart - or ownership. Just
don't throw away the bits. Grafting on the front end of a Studebacker
Lark, on the other hand...
3) Changing to Negative Ground will eliminate potentially dangerous and
catastrophic confusion on the part of younger service providers who have
never encountered the possibility of a positive gound vehicle and it has
only a trivial effect on originality. The fact that these electrical
systems work equally well with either polarity is what lead to the fact
that there were both standards at one time.
All that said, I still enjoy seeing anachronistic cars in original form.
Dave
57 TR3 (positive ground and likely to stay that way)
71 TR6 (no qualms about updating/modifying this one)
80 TR8 (leather seats, canvas top, why settle for what the factory
provided?)
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