Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Corsairdeluxe on October 27, 2015, 11:15:44 AM
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If you keep a "Tec" file ,this is a good one to keep.
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Back in the day when there was a "service" station on every corner, many KF owners went there for repairs. I remember there was
confusion about positive ground cars and why that was done. Most of those people were self trained mechanics. I wonder how
many coils were installed backwards giving poor performance and mileage to our cars. My dad would not tune up his Kaiser having
been shocked years before. Our neighborhood Standard did not like KF products because of this positive ground, but would work on
his car anyway. I would stand there and listen to the owner complain. When I got my own Kaiser I would tune up mine and his car
and he never went back there. I always wondered why KF did that and how it may have hurt sales and reputation over the years. I
remember Kaisers were considered under powered, but my 51'Kaiser was peppy and I won more drag races in High School than I lost
until I got tired of breaking the rear leaf spring and the gear selector and the end of the steering column.
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Many American cars were positive ground until they switched to 12 volts. For example, Studebaker. I guess that station owner didn't like Studebakers either. :)
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Yes, a lot of GM cars were positive ground till everything went to 12 volts. Then it was all neg ground. The old saying used to be "Twelve volt are negative ground the whole world 'round." I don't know if that was true for sure or not but I have not personally heard of an American car that was 12 volt positive ground. When we started getting into solid state radios and other electronics in cars, it definitely made a difference and all needed to be the same.
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After World War II GM cars were all neg ground both 6 and 12 volt. Just about every other 6 volt US car at that time was pos ground. Oddly the 53-55 Chrysler Crown Imperial was 12 volt pos ground. Bet lots of jumper cables got hooked up wrong.
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Willys Aeros 1952-1955 were always 6volt negative ground.