The Ford Barn

cas3 · 02-12-2025, 11:07 PM

When I built my 34 jalopy 10 years ago, I went 12 volts. 3 reasons-
1, I wanted a modern radio, hidden out of sight, or a conversion of a real 34 radio=expensive.

2, I wanted a cig lighter port to charge gps and phone.

3, it seems I am often flip flopping batteries around to get something dead running, and 12 v is common in the fleet.

Truth is, I have never plugged anything into the lighter port.
I never did install a radio-dual straight pipes is music enough. And I think I have changed out the battery once in 10 years. Yeah, it spins over good and runs perfect with the proper ballast resistor figgerd out by Bubba (RIP) , but my 6 volt fleet runs just fine too. Model A's that start and drive in winter, temps down to 10 or 20 and I still drive em, snow or not.

02-12-2025, 11:07 PM	#21
cas3 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Beverly Kansas Posts: 5,557	Re: 6 volt to 12 volt conversion When I built my 34 jalopy 10 years ago, I went 12 volts. 3 reasons- 1, I wanted a modern radio, hidden out of sight, or a conversion of a real 34 radio=expensive. 2, I wanted a cig lighter port to charge gps and phone. 3, it seems I am often flip flopping batteries around to get something dead running, and 12 v is common in the fleet. Truth is, I have never plugged anything into the lighter port. I never did install a radio-dual straight pipes is music enough. And I think I have changed out the battery once in 10 years. Yeah, it spins over good and runs perfect with the proper ballast resistor figgerd out by Bubba (RIP) , but my 6 volt fleet runs just fine too. Model A's that start and drive in winter, temps down to 10 or 20 and I still drive em, snow or not.