<VV> VV 1960 Battery

[Tony Underwood]

At 07:13 hours 05/28/2006, Frank DuVal wrote:
>Group 51 is the Honda battery.


It's also...


(wait for it)


A Subaru battery.


>Yes, the lid is close on a '60. Please use some insulator.


On the '60 Monza I use a whittled carb cleaner cap, notched so as to 
clear the cable, no worries.    On the '60 4-door it wasn't necessary 
since I managed to turn up an oddball import style battery that is 
slightly shorter than the 51 and still manages to fit in the '60 
battery box.  I did have to cobble up a hold-down for it.    It's 
pretty old these days, been in the car a long time, about 6 years 
now, so when it goes I'll have to go with a 51 and whittle another 
cap, I guess, since the battery in the 4-door now (can NOT recall the 
group number) has been discontinued, according to the guys at Advance.

No problem... the 51 is gonna be around for a while yet.    Hey, if 
all else fails, and you can stomach the price (absolutely outrageous) 
you can use a Miata battery...  which is pretty much a lawn and 
garden tractor battery with posts instead of lugs... that costs over 
4 times what the lawn and garden variant costs.



tony..