>> Negative ground didn't start until alternators.... 71 ish?
>> Peter C., without a book handy.
>
>> November '67 according to Horler -- if you can believe anything he says.
>> LAD
>
> I thought that Midgets were generators until early 1972 production. I know
> that the 1970 I had did not come with an alternator and my 1972 did. At
> least in the US Midgets...
> David Lieb
>
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>
> Horler, page 95 says, "A change from positive to negative earth on
> righthand
> drive cars at HAN9-72041 and GAN4-60460 (November 1967)"....
>
> Page 105 says, "A change from positive to negative earthing occured at
> HAN9-
> 72034 and GAN4-60441 on North American models and HAN9 72041 and
> GAN4-60460
> elsewhere."
>
> After recent posts, I certainly won't stake my life on what Horler says,
> but
> here it is.
Yes. Our disagreement lies in the concept of negative ground coinciding with
alternators. As Peter says, although it would have made sense, alternators
did NOT show up at the same time as negative earth.
David Lieb
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