[Tigers] original appearance Lucas battery

[Ron Fraser]

Jim

I have never seen one of those manifolds but I collected some info.

 

1224844                Battery manifold breather tube c/w 6 plugs          1              Mk I

You might be able to get a drawing from Rootes Archive.

 



Picture from Tom Kukla

 



Picture from - Sunbeam Tiger - Doug's Cars (dougscars.com) <http://www.dougscars.com/sunbeam-tiger.html> 

 

I believe Dale A stated once that he made one using grease Zerk fittings.   

I’m not sure if it was functional or not but it could be made functional.

 

Ron Fraser

 

 

 

From: Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of JAMES ARMSTRONG via Tigers
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 2:46 PM
To: Bill Bulpitt <billbulpitt at gmail.com>
Cc: Tiger's Den <tigers at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] original appearance Lucas battery

 

Thanks to all that have responded to my questions concerning original vented batteries for our Tigers. The next question I have is about the venting manifold that goes from the battery to the hole in the floor to get rid of the hydrogen and the original design. Does anybody have any idea how to get one of these manifolds? 

Jim Armstrong

Mark 1A

 

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On Jan 13, 2025, at 9:32 AM, Bill Bulpitt <billbulpitt at gmail.com <mailto:billbulpitt at gmail.com> > wrote:



Hmmm....I'll bet that Lucas sticker had something to do with your coil failure 18 months ago...

 

On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM JAMES ARMSTRONG via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net> > wrote:

Thank you very much, Clyde. Very interesting solution.

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On Jan 13, 2025, at 8:46 AM, Clyde Mclaughlin <clydemclaughlin618 at gmail.com <mailto:clydemclaughlin618 at gmail.com> > wrote:



Interstate has a black batteru for imports that has vents, H6 H7 H8 are the sizes  I got a couple Lucas decals from XKS unlimited

 

On Sun, Jan 12, 2025, 6:24 PM James Armstrong via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net> > wrote:

Hello all,

 

Though I don't need one quite yet, I'd like to replace my standard INTERSTATE battery 

with an original-looking LUCAS style replacement with the vent tube.

 

Where does one look for these original-looking batteries ?

Thanks in advance, and good luck in the New Year.

 

Best regards,

 

 

Jim Armstrong

Mk 1A

382002083 LRXFE

Code 86

TAC # 0763

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