I appreciate the suggestions for easing the effort of the trips by modernizing. I guess if I really wanted to eliminate all risks we'd just take my wife's RAV4. But, I am still totally committed to a totally authentic experience with totally authentic equipment including the generator - having to keep the idle up when stopped to keep it charging, replacing the brushes, oiling the bearings, going without it on occasion, everything. I've certainly entertained the thought of an alternator before but I'm afraid it would just be too un-authentic for me. I'll just stay totally in 1947 . . . at least for now. Attitudes can change and mine my well some day. In the mean time, I'll keep my AAA paid up, just in case. (Even being towed on occasion is part of the totally authentic experience.
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