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Originally Posted by Big hammer
Negative teens ! Back in 1971 dads truck wouldn't start, a Chevy 6 cly, family car a Ford 429 wouldn't start. My A started but turned over oh so slow, after the A warmed up drove dad to his store to get a couple of fresh batteries. Truck started and then used it to jump start the car, dad caught his hair on fire from a back fire, the muffler blew open from a after fire, finely got it going too! All the while my older brother and sister and younger brother and sister watched out a window siting on the 6 foot long hot water radiator.
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Similar story, back in the 90's when my Ford still drove, my older brothers much younger car (Opel Kadett) often had starting problems in the winter - both in cold and humid weather. The Ford would always start! The Ford being a 6 volt system, the Opel a 12 volt, jump starting was out of the question - so I had to tow him instead
It always worked perfectly from a Ford perspective
My memory may play me trick or two, but I seem to remember driving the car in -10 deg C (14 deg F) without any issues.
The Opel has long since been scrapped - the Ford is being renovated to former glory
