Were all Universal carriers 6V?

[ajmac]

British UCs had the Lucas distributor installed, see page 213 of universal Carriers vol1, not sure when that started. Page 39 of new vanguards Universal Carrier 1936-48 shows a Flathead being lifted out/in of a mk2* and it has the crab distributor....once over in Europe anything went to keep them running and in action.

[rob love]

Pretty sure the mechanics would far prefer dealing with the remote mounted coil as opposed to the dual cap style, especially in a carrier. Both were available and interchangeable....I know which one I would have installed when the opportunity presented itself.

While the manual only shows the one, I have seen either style come off relics over the years.

[Lynn Eades]

Rob, did you mean the divers helmet type? As you would know, the Crab has a remote coil already.
Alastair, I would have thought that by the time of D day the supply of Lucas type dizzys would have been sorted, along with REME's familiarity and favour with them, just as I think the RCEME would have favoured the Divers helmet type that they were used to.

[rob love]

Yep...typed faster than I was thinking. I'll amend the post and deny it ever happened.