Traditional Farmer - Over 60 years ago most every small town had a starter/generator shop to rebuild/repair generators and voltage regulators, and the occasional starter. Slightly bigger towns would have 2-3 or more shops. Then automotive companies and finally tractor companies all switched to alternators with solid-state voltage regulators. And eventually those small starter/generator shops almost all disappeared. Takes a good sized town/city to keep one small shop in business now. I've had SEVEN alternators fail on me on 16 cars/trucks plus 2 Farmalls, and 15-20 trucks I drove for various people over the years. I've had two alternators fail after 200,000 miles each rebuilt by a shop over 60 miles away, they did have a shop locally for a short time, but now you take your part to another shop and complete the paperwork and their truck picks it up and you get a phone call the next day from the rebuilding tech with the firm price on repair, next day you can pick your starter/generator/alternator up repaired. I had the 6V starter on my Super H rebuilt 2 yrs ago, it starts on 12v, first time I started it it scared me it spun the engine so fast!
I really don't see why ANYONE would want to continue using 6V and generators that the tractor companies replaced with 12V in the mid 1950's and alternators in the 1960's. The joy of having a "period correct restoration" lasts until the first time it doesn't start!
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Today's Featured Article - Restoration Story: Fordson Major - by Anthony West. George bought his Fordson Major from a an implement sale about 18 years ago for £200.00 (UK). There is no known history regarding its origins or what service it had done, but the following work was undertaken alone to bring it up to show standard. From the engine number, it was found that this Major was produced late 1946. It was almost complete but had various parts that would definitely need replacing.
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