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Re: Need info on late M
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Posted by old don on September 22, 2004 at 19:14:01 from (68.253.236.207):
In Reply to: Re: Need info on late M posted by DWV on September 21, 2004 at 19:18:10:
DWV, Okay, I concede and most of what I was saying was right and Lord knows I spent a lot of hours on the M's, SM's,SMTA,400's and 450's and was young enough to really enjoy the differences in them and one thing was the headlights were much brighter with those goofy flat headlights and I asked my brother why they were so much brighter and he said that was because they were 12 volt vs the 6volt on the M which you had to light a match to see if they were working.At that age I wouldn't have known a 12volt if it had hit me in the face but I do know that was a big old battery box under the seat and the engine turned over much faster when you started them. We had a diesel SMTA,gas SM and a 51 gas M so that explains that and on cold days that wasn't nearly enough. Thanks for the info.
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