<VV> Caveman batteries

[Tony Underwood]

At 02:28 hours 11/03/2005, MarPack57 at aol.com wrote:
>OK guys we know 51 and 51R's work great in Vairs, but what do I use in a 60?
>Battery is just a touch to tall and the engine lid hinge hits the post, or am
>I missing something here? Ed in Fla
>  ___________________________________________




If you can stomach the cost, a Mazda Miata battery will fit the box 
with room to spare and not hit the deck lid.

Or, you can do some creative metal work and relocate the battery tray 
mounting holes and reposition it slightly.   Or, shop for the right 
#51 battery that's short enough to clear... they vary slightly in 
height depending on manufacturer and a little might be 
enough.   There's a short one in the red '60 Monza that's also fitted 
with a vinyl cover over the positive terminal to keep it from making 
contact with the deck lid...  very close clearance, like 1/8" or 
thereabouts but the vinyl plastic cover keeps the terminal from 
making sparks on those hard bumps.

...made the terminal "insulator cover" from the cap off a can of carb 
cleaner.    Not very stylish but it works nicely and it actually 
stays in place, no problems.


tony..