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Subject:Re: missing a hole in my vanagon
From:Mike Collum
Date:Sat, 1 Dec 2001 22:40:58 -0500

American Fords were also positive ground through 1954 but they were 6
Volt.

Mounting an accessory that was designed for negative ground in a
positive ground vehicle was a real pain in that it had to be
electrically isolated from the chassis.

You'll never see such a "Mix" from the factory.

I changed the positive ground system in my '58 Frogeye Sprite to
negative for just this reason.

Mike
'84 GL

> >   Is this some kinky european thing or am I missing a hole
> >> in my 87 westy?   If you have this hole is it negative
> >> hot or positive hot?
> >
> > How could it be "negative hot" ?
>
> Larry:
> A lot of early English cars were positive ground...Wouldn't that make
the Negative hot?
>

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