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Originally Posted by Paul from Maine
I'd stay with six volts. All you need is a $60 regulator to replace the cut out and you can crank your generator up to enough amperage to keep your battery charged and run an extra tailight and sealed beam headlights. Alternators stress the waterpump bearings and look silly on an older car. 12 volts are very hard on the fly wheel ring gear and starter drive. My GPS runs fine on 6 volts. But do what you want, it's your car.
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I started this conversation because I was trying to get a consensus of reasons beyond the ones I stated of why you would want to make the conversion.