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My 1941 ARMY maintenance manual avoids mentioning polarity till the picture below. Apparently they decided to have all 6 volt vehicles be (bass awkwards) positive ground. Many of the military vehicles were 24 volt to power the two way radios. My father bought several half tons during WWII. The Chevys were Negative ground the Dodges were Positive.

I have a new to me 38 Master 4 door that won’t stay charged. I get one start then new battery zapped. I discovered battery ground goes to starter and battery hot goes to transmission housing. Can I simply run battery hot to starter and battery ground to engine block or other solid ground? Making me crazy and not like my prior 38
Thank you
Michael

Go up 5 post where Scott Crawford ask the same question. Read Junkyard Dogs answer in the next post. Good luck!