<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>There are some rather large, old fashioned looking, 6 volt motorcycle batteries available.  At least they are small enough to fit in an old housing.</div><div><br></div><div>Have those been considered?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.batterymart.com/SEARCH.html?q=6+volt#/?_=1&filter.top_level_category=Sealed%20Lead%20Acid%20Batteries&page=1&sort.price=desc">http://www.batterymart.com/SEARCH.html?q=6+volt#/?_=1&filter.top_level_category=Sealed%20Lead%20Acid%20Batteries&page=1&sort.price=desc</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Chris<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Randy Hicks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:healey100m@me.com" target="_blank">healey100m@me.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div>As of this past fall, Antique Auto did not have any and would not to commit to getting more. As a result Concours Guidelines were updated to allow any 6V that fits safely.<div><br><div>Let us know if they are again available.</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Randy</div></font></span><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 18, 2016, at 1:25 PM, Bob Spidell wrote:</div><br><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt"><div>Awesome!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, John.<br></div><div><br></div><hr><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none"><b>From: </b>"John Sims" <<a href="mailto:ahbn6@verizon.net" target="_blank">ahbn6@verizon.net</a>><br><b>To: </b>"Bob Spidell" <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank">bspidell@comcast.net</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>"healeys" <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, February 18, 2016 7:44:46 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>RE: [Healeys] Fw: LUCAS<br><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="985236812__MailEndCompose"></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"">Try: </span><a href="http://www.antiqueautobattery.com/batteries/british/17L.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"">http://www.antiqueautobattery.com/batteries/british/17L.html</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""></span></p><div><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""> </span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""> </span><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">John Sims</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Aberdeen, NJ</span></p><div><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"> </span><br></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><a href="http://www.healey6.com" target="_blank">www.healey6.com</a></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""> </span><br></div><div><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(181,196,223) currentColor currentColor;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"> Healeys [mailto:<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bob Spidell<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 18, 2016 10:22 AM<br><b>Cc:</b> healeys<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Fw: LUCAS</span></p></div></div><div> <br></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Well, that's scary.  We used a couple of Interstate 6V batteries--I think they're actually for golf carts--in our 100M resto.  Now, it appears Interstate is not making 6V batteries in a form factor that will fit in the trays and brackets used in 100s anymore.  I thought about getting the repro tar tops when they were available, but they were just too damn expensive--I figured I could buy them after I win the lottery (note to self: win lottery).</span></p></div><div><div><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><br></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Bob</span></p></div><div><div><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><br></div></div><div><div><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><br></div></div><div><div><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span><br></div><div><div><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica","s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