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From: Robert Dorset on 5 Apr 2010 04:51
Someone told me that cars manufactured in the UK that have a positive
chassis electrical system, as opposed to negative, do not suffer from
rust.

Is this true? Can anyone there confirm?

Robert Dorset
From: Michael A. Terrell on 5 Apr 2010 08:04

Robert Dorset wrote:
>
> Someone told me that cars manufactured in the UK that have a positive
> chassis electrical system, as opposed to negative, do not suffer from
> rust.
>
> Is this true? Can anyone there confirm?
>
> Robert Dorset


You're four days late.


--
Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!'
From: PeterD on 5 Apr 2010 08:59
On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:51:41 GMT, robertdorset(a)campfour.com (Robert
Dorset) wrote:

>Someone told me that cars manufactured in the UK that have a positive
>chassis electrical system, as opposed to negative, do not suffer from
>rust.
>
>Is this true? Can anyone there confirm?
>
>Robert Dorset

Yes, it is true. But the reason was not so much the positive ground,
but the fact that those cars ran so poorly and were broken down so
much that they never got out to be exposed to rust causing
conditions...

From: osr on 5 Apr 2010 09:18
The phone company does + earths for that reason.

How it got carried into cars, I dont't know.

Steve
From: John Ferrell on 5 Apr 2010 09:54
On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:04:41 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:

>
>Robert Dorset wrote:
>>
>> Someone told me that cars manufactured in the UK that have a positive
>> chassis electrical system, as opposed to negative, do not suffer from
>> rust.
>>
>> Is this true? Can anyone there confirm?
>>
>> Robert Dorset
>
>
> You're four days late.
As I recall, it did not seem to help my 1955 Ford much...
John Ferrell W8CCW
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