Technical Has Anyone tried these 12v conversion kits for their shoebox

I'm wondering if anyone has tried these on their flathead.
I've got it all apart an I am trying to keep my original switches and gauges.

If you can point me in the direction of a good harness so I can eliminate the fuse able links I'd appreciate it.

Jonny

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We rely on Shoe Box Central for tech support and specific parts for our 49. Chris and Holly at Shoe Box are great folks. And I've used their main wiring harness on our ride.

 

I was just looking at that kit for my '53 Ford. I'm also looking for any opinions. I haven't yet found a kit on the shoebox site.


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I assume the Ford pretty much runs all the same circuits and lights as a Chevy so you can probably run a kit from Chevs of the 40's or National Chevy club. Unless you really want to run tail light bulbs from a Ford sight. I would guess instrumentation and radio would be pretty much the same. Alternator wiring may be a little different. As for wires, your 6 volt wiring is heavier than what you need on 12 volt but will work just fine. I'll bet that there is a Ford site that is set up with kits just for Fords, but the bulbs and wiring are pretty much the same if you go with a GM 1 wire alternator like most do. I did my 50 Chevy in a day but I didn't build in a fuse box or any other modern stuff. I cracked up when the guy from The Guild on the TV show talked about how hard it was to switch a car from 6 volts to 12. If their guy couldn't do it in say 4 hours, I'd get a new guy to wire my cars. I did it in about 6 and I'd never done it before. They made it sound like it took them weeks. The hardest part was swapping every 6 volt bulb in the car for 12 volt bulbs. You only need the step-downs for certain instruments and your 6 volt radio if you want to keep that. The kit will tell you what instruments need to be stepped down.

 

I think I may buy a new PowerGEN alternator (generator lookalike) and a new wiring kit. I can get the other stuff locally. The the gauge regulator is available separately.


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Is it 6v pos earth or 6v neg earth. ???

 

The stock system on my 53 Ford is 6V positive ground. In the the process of converting to 12V, most folks change that to the modern negative ground system.

My wiring is falling apart. These modern kits are really easy to use. The PowerGEN is negative ground.


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