According to Irv Korey:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
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> >Does it appear that I will be able
> >to make it home with a decent (2 maybe 3 year old) group 42 battery? I
> >have to start the car too remember, and there will be no charging before,
> >during and after -
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> Someone in our club was able to drive his Spitfire for about 4 hours on the
> battery only when his alternator gave up in the middle of nowhere on a
> Sunday afternoon. You should have no problem.
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4 hours!! I drove mine for almost two weeks and 300 miles before the
battery ran down enough to not turn the starter. Of course, at this
point I was 70 miles from home. No problem. I pushed the car about
10 feet, the wife popped the clutch in reverse, the car started. We
then drove it the 70 miles to get home. A lot to be said for cars
with mechanical fuel pumps (and mechanical everything else for that
matter. I would think in an emergency I could push start the car and
drive it in daylight using only a pair of lantern batteries.
bill
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