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Re: Advice sought buying a 1938 Eight Saloon
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Thank you for all this advice, it is appreciated.
I am in Europe looking at the car today and I just wanted to check would the car originally been 6 volt or 12 volt and negative or positive earth?

Thank you.

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Re: Advice sought buying a 1938 Eight Saloon
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6 volt positive ground.

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Re: Advice sought buying a 1938 Eight Saloon
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Many cars sold originally in the U.K. and maybe parts of Europe had a 12v system in order to meet local regulations so the answer would depend on where your car was built and/or sold. One way to determine that is to look at some of the numbers on components such as the generator, voltage regulator or starter, then research based on that. If it was built for the U.S. market, then definitely 6v positive ground as all Packards were up to and including 1954.

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