[MrE]

Joel, Mark makes some excellent points. Although Newell has always used top of the line parts, technology has advanced, especially in electronics. The battery chargers from our era are now known as battery boilers. Not an expensive upgrade that will help the life expectancy of your batteries. Battery technology has also changed, lots of posts here about AGM and lithium technologies. Another simple upgrade is to the headlights. From the factory the full amperage runs through the headlight switch, wearing them out. The fix is to use the headlight switch to activate relays located by the headlights and new wires from the fuse panel to actually power the headlights. Many of the people on the forum have also replaced their incandescent bulbs with LED which require less amps for better light. The fluorescents can be replaced with LED light strips. Lots of inexpensive upgrades to modern technology.