[Mgs] Price Of Two 6 Volt Batteries

[The Roxter]

WSpohn4 at aol.com wrote:
>  Having 2 6 volt batteries 'because it is original' is, IMHO, silly. More  
> connections to go wrong, more weight, more expense and for what?  No real  world 
> advantage I can see - they don't even judge under the cars in concours so  
> that isn't an excuse.
I was once told by a friend who was an MG factory mechanic that the two six-volts were used because the MGA was slightly light in the rear end and the added weight fixed that.

Might be apocryphal rather than gospel, but he certainly believed it.

-The Roxter
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