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It was 100 degrees this past Friday , the wife and I attended and entered our '53 Clipper in a local car show that the Starke Chamber of Commerce sponsers on the last Friday of every month except for the months of Dec, Jan, Feb and March. I'm not sure why they don't include those months since temperature wise, they are really the ideal months for cruising here in north Florida. I'm 8th generation Floridian and grew up here without air conditioning in the schools I attended, the house I grew up in or the cars I rode in and although driving the old Clipper is a pleasure beyond words, I will say that if someone just happened to come up with a pre-packaged bolt on 6 volt AC system for the old Clipper that would mount up with minimal modifications then I must admit that I would be interested in the conversion...blame it on a combination of advancements in technology and age.

the power gen alternator gives you both worlds ,itza 6v pos ground alternator and works just great ,also theres a pertronix point eliminator the the 6v pos cars too and a big napa 7212 battery with 1000cchr of 6v

A NAPA 7212 will not fit a 22nd/23rd series Packard without major modification or replacement of the battery tray and hold-down.

If you are rewiring it, I'm sure you know all the extras that go with a 6 to 12v conversion. Mainly lights, gauges, relays, radio, motors, ignition and horn.

I did it to my 54 some years ago. I changed to negative ground and used a 100a 1 wire Delcotron with pertronix igition. At the time I was thinking of making it a daily driver and installing a modern Air Conditioner. Well that never happened and I could have left it alone. I did my conversion before I found this board and it's wealth of knowledge.

Save all your 6v stuff for the next guy, I did.

Good luck.