Re: Let's discuss Packard 6V electrical systems and the change to 12V systems

Posted by PackardV8 On 2008/6/20 6:45:42

"as I'm sure that many of us are not quite sure why US auto manufacturers settled on 6V electrical systems and why they changed to 12 V systems. I have read a number of articles in the ..."

I'm missing something here. If the US car companies "settled" on 6v or were in some sense slow about converting to 12v. THEN, what international car companies were so fast to use 12v so much earlier and how much earlier????