Here it is again
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Astley [SMTP:ricka@mich.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 1997 4:16 PM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Low Cost Battery Space Bins
>
> I am new to this group, so if old timers have been this way before;
> apologies,and for other US newcomers; I hope this may save money.
>
> If you have replaced the 2 X 6 volts baterries with a single 12 V in
> the
> trunk or in the battery frame and want to use the second as a storage
> bin, I
> found that a Rubbermaid 6 QT waste bin # 2953 works a treat on my 70B
> roadster. It fits into the forward section of either apperture very
> neatly,
> being just the right height and leaving a smaller trapizoidal opening
> to the
> rear, which I shall cover with duct tape for the time being. It
> probably
> won't take a 12 Volt battery like those from Victoria British ($32.95)
> or
> Moss Motors ($32.50) but for it will carry six quarts (US of course)
> of
> tools and cost only $1.99.
>
> (By the way, when in England I heard someone on a radio 'phone-in
> program
> complain that the price of electricity was twice as much in Britain as
> in
> the US. Later someone else rang to explain, "Well they've only got 115
> volts
> to our 230, so no wonder it only costs half as much".
> Rick
>
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