55 Fairlane 6V vs 12V
 

I just bought a 55 Town Sedan that has been converted to 12V. It hasn't been delivered yet (another couple of days), it's coming from 5 states away. However I'm told that the clock and radio (both original) don't work because they need a voltage reducer to reduce the car's 12V power back down to 6V. I'm an electrical idiot so I have questions:
1. Is this really true? Is a reducer all I need? I suspect there may be other things at play (such as a worn out radio and/or clock).
2. Can these items be reworked to accept 12V?
3. Does anyone know a company or person who "modernizes" original car clocks and radios?

That's it for now!

Re: 55 Fairlane 6V vs 12V
 

My 55 Tbird has been converted to 12v. I don't know that the radio worked when I inherited the car. I had the original radio converted by Aurora to 12v AM/FM stereo with an auxiliary jack for my MP3 player.

Clockworks converted my 55 clock to 12v quartz.

Re: 55 Fairlane 6V vs 12V
 

Or, you can use this.......
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-1967-19...4383.l4275.c10

Mount it behind your dash and it regulates the 12v down to 6v to accommodate all your gauges, radio and clock included.

Re: 55 Fairlane 6V vs 12V
 

The radio and clock both need to be modified.

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Re: 55 Fairlane 6V vs 12V
 

These were used by Ford for gauges only, never heard of them for radio and clock. Does it really work for the clock and radio? I heard the radio is polarity sensitive.