<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div aria-label="Compose body">Awesome!<br></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Thanks, John.<br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"John Sims" <ahbn6@verizon.net><br><b>To: </b>"Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net><br><b>Cc: </b>"healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, February 18, 2016 7:44:46 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>RE: [Healeys] Fw: LUCAS<br><div><br></div><style><!--
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--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><a class="mceItemAnchor" name="_MailEndCompose"></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif';">Try: </span><a href="http://www.antiqueautobattery.com/batteries/british/17L.html" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.antiqueautobattery.com/batteries/british/17L.html"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"" data-mce-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"" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif';"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif';"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif';"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"" data-mce-style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif';">John Sims</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"" data-mce-style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif';">Aberdeen, NJ</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"" data-mce-style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif';"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"" data-mce-style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif';">www.healey6.com</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif';"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in" data-mce-style="border: none; border-top: solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <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><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">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><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">Bob</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;">Bob,</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;">In a word NO, reproduction 17L tar-top batteries from Vintage Battery Company are no longer available. They cannot get quality lead plates anymore, and it seems that no one makes a maintenance free 6V battery that will fit into their reproduction Lucas cases. They still make the slightly taller battery that is used in the MGA which is a maintenance free battery but it's slightly too tall to use in the 100s.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;">I've given up trying to work with their CEO, Dolores so if someone else wants to contact them and see if they can get them to find a solution to this problem... then be my guest.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;">Curt</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in" data-mce-style="border: none; border-left: solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6.0pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>