At 10:45 PM 1/21/98 EST, michael j robson wrote:
>
>On Wed, 21 Jan 98 22:22:27 EST Sean Bartnik <<sbart7kb@www.mwc.edu>
>writes:
>>Hey all,
>>In some of my reading on the web, I seem to be under the impression
>>that
>>some MGBs came with dual 6-volt batteries instead of a single 12v
>>battery.
>>
>>My questions:
>>
>>1) Is this so?
>
>Not some, ALL MGBs originally had twin 6v units, in the US these daysmany
>if not most have been converted to single 12v however i gather not so in
>England where a friend told me you cant get a 12v battery small enough
>and have to buy the MGOC replacement twins at about 100 pounds a pair (i
>suspect him of not looking far enough but since he paid the 100 i guess
>it may be true)
Not so fast there quickdraw. My '78 MGB only has one hole for a battery, so my
guess is that it came with only one battery, a 12V.
I believe the earlier models has twin 6Vs, and they converted over sometime in
the early 70s. Anybody got an exact date. My '70 has dual battery boxes.
Jay
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