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Re: Positive Ground

To: Bkitterer@aol.com
Subject: Re: Positive Ground
From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 21:55:19 -0500
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Organization: Positive Earth Drivers Club
References: <392c47f7.36edaf45@aol.com>
Reply-to: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
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Bkitterer@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 3/15/99 11:23:04 PM, tob@taltec.net writes:
> 
> << I'm sure there are ways to jimmy a modern radio into thinking all is well
> on a
> positive ground vechilcle. I imagine you would have to isolate it from the
> frame of
> the vehicle (tricky) and switch power wires on it. >>
> 
> Toby,
> 
> Yes indeed.  We did that with one of our cars.  Building and isolated mount
> was not a big problem, just keep positive to positive and negative to negative
> on the wiring.  But be careful of the antenna, it has to float also!!!  Of
> course this was in the days of fire in glass (vacuum tube) radio's. :-):-)
> 
> Bob and Annice

In my day with positive ground cars we did the same thing but it was
with 8 track tape players.
 And I still can't figure out how to turn on the CD player in the A40.
It has no knobs!


-- 
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Bugeye Sprite
67 Sprite
59 A40
http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/

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