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<p>On another note, the guy who has rebuilt a couple starters and a
generator for me has this to say:</p>
<p>"<span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 12pt; font-family:
verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">I was a Interstate Distributor for
25 years, they were an excellent quality battery. These
batteries are manufactured for Interstate by Johnson Control who
was manufacturing the batteries here in California, however as
all Companies want to make more profit about 5 years ago they
shut down operations in California and started making the
batteries in Mexico, well you can see what that will do, the
quality started to drop down tremendously to a point were they
have high battery failure we had to drop selling Interstate
Batteries. Most mechanic will not install these batteries in
their customers vehicle's. Now you can buy Interstate Batteries
at Costco, even Triple AAA sells them, just junk batteries.
There is a battery which we are currently selling called
Deka,this battery is manufactured in the USA and they have an
excellent record, we have been selling them for a while and have
not had any problems."</span></p>
<span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana,
geneva, sans-serif;"><font color="#000000">I've had bad
experiences with Interstate--OEM battery for my Mustang--and
Motorcraft (also Hecho en Mexico but not sure if by Johnson
Controls). He thinks JC might still make batteries in the US,
but only the eastern states get them. He also theorizes that
recycling lead may cause problems. I have a Deka in my Mustang
and so far, so good. <br>
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FWIW, my 'source' is Mexican.<br>
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Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/11/2018 5:52 AM, Bob Begani wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Immediately
after reading the inquiry regarding 6 volt batteries, I
viewed my friends new old car British made 53 Lagonda he had
just imported from Portugal, which had 2 new Exide 6 Volt
batteries under the bonnet. I decided to see if they were
available just in case they failed in the near future.
Googling Exide 6 volt batteries or 6 volt batteries went
nowhere. Found the most information from the Model T, and
Antique Tractor lists because the 6 volt batteries are
available as Tractor Batteries. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Autozone
has a Duralast under the part number 1-6Volt. If you do not
use that code you will not find it. It is made by Johnson
Controls a quality battery manufacturer who makes Sears
Diehard and others. Also, Tractor Supply under </span><span
style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic
Medium",sans-serif;color:#333333">Exide Heavy-Duty
Commercial Battery, 1 </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">for
$69.99. SKU#</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">
47050699</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">
If you cannot find it ask for a Tractor battery at your
local store. They will say “oh, that one” because it is not
listed as a 6 volt battery, just a tractor battery, and they
are instock.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Also,
when searching for a 6 volt battery try the generic
description 6 volt Group 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Have
fun.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Bob
Begani<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">BJ8
‘67<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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