wbrianiii

I am certain the biggest reason is PRICE. My M-38 was owned by a school district after it was surplussed out, and they converted it to 6V, presumably to use the same parts as some CJ-2s and 3s that they already had. In doing this, they cut every wire off (including grounds), stripped out the entire harness, and rewired from scratch. It was ugly. Now, while I really would like to go back to the original 24V system, and I already have several parts, I'm finding that for about 1/4 the cost, I can go 12V. It is just simple economics.

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1952 M-38
1967 M-762