Gary, we know have a kit that will install a Gell sell battery in place
of one of the 6 volt batterys.
The kit is complete with a Optima 12 volt battery, bradkets and all the
hardware.
David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca
209-948-8767
www.britishcarspecialis.com
On Apr 15, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Editorgary@aol.com wrote:
> Well, my two Interstate six-volt batteries that I installed in the car
> for
> concours judging sometime in the early '90s finally got too pooped to
> start the
> car every time, so I replaced them last week. Horror of horrors, I
> took my own
> advice to non-concours owners and replaced them with one 12-volt
> battery,
> mounted on the same brackets and in the same tray on the passenger
> side as I had
> originally used for one of the six-volts.
> Only challenge in doing this is that no one can cross-reference
> batteries by
> size. So I took the appropriate measurements -- the original trays
> will hold a
> battery measuring eight inches long and seven inches wide, and the car
> can
> hold a battery a maximum of about nine inches high. (the 4-cylinder
> cars might
> be a touch shorter.
> So, I wandered one of the battery stores measuring batteries until I
> found
> the appropriate size, which turns out to be a "Type 26" or "Type 26R"
> -- so if
> you want to buy the same thing, and are afflicted with a store that
> doesn't
> keep the batteries out on open shelves, just ask for that type. BTW,
> Optima does
> not make a battery that will fit the original tray.
>
> Cheers
> Gary
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