At 07:51 PM 2/16/98 -0800, F Underwood wrote:
>I tried to buy a battery for the 1500 this weekend- went to Pep Boys
>(national parts chain in USA) the recommended battery had tabs on the
>side that interferred with fitting into the 'bucket'. The next choice
>was too tall. These were 75 month $30 batteries.
>
>What brand / series model number etc is being used by the SO's
>(spitfire owners) on the list?
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Ran into the "too tall" problem last year. Most of the batteries that
were listed for the Spit were not able to be captured by the OEM battery
hold-down bracket. That's a problem for me as I didn't want the durn thing
to fly up and short against the bonnet.
I settled on a Group 58 size -- just barely fit in the battery box, and was
the same Group # as my other British car (a Lotus).
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire FM96062 UO
Succasunna, NJ USA
"There are three types of people in this world:
those that are good with numbers, and those that aren't."
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