Thank you Jerry. My plan was a 12v conversion all along. As i said earlier, I like the look of the original generator, but the reliability and consistency of the alternator is hard to ignore. Plus better lighting, a modern radio and who knows whet else in the future. If I get the gener-nator It will be quite some time before I can afford all of that. Mechanical-economics I suppose.

"it's only old if you can't find a use for it; otherwise it's cool and i'll use it."