Guest essox Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Other than the hole in the floor, the negative cable hanging and a square spot with 2 rods across there is no sign of a box to put the battery in. I looked through some parts books but didn't find anything. Will I have to fabricate one up or is there a more stock solution. Tks in advance. Essox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KeithElwell Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I can sketch the "box" in my car but I have no way to confirm if it is original. It is a simple sheet metal support with two 90 degree bends under the battery and two 180 bends to hang the box over the upper edges of the two brackets attached to the frame members. Interested in another sketch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest essox Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Your "sketches" are a work of art. No doubt a mechanical drafting background. I'll take that sketch and use it to fab one up. Do you have sides on it too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KeithElwell Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Well, here's my sketch of the battery tray in my car. It has two sides and a bottom all formed out of one piece of steel sheet metal maybe .050"or .060" thick (whatever gauge of steel that is). Most of these originals likely corroded away and were re-made. Mine is probably not original but I have no way to prove whether it resembles the original tray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest essox Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Tks for the drawing.I'll be boxed in by nightfall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_S Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Keith,Went and took a peak at mine and it is a close second!Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jstarrquin Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Keith, Thank you for your battery sketch! The dimensions however are very blurred on my computer, so I would very much appreciate you listing the height,length,width measurements in a separate reply. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KeithElwell Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I'm not sure why the forum won't let you upload pdf files unless there is increased risk of viruses, but seems like pdf files are much clearer than gif or jpg from a sketch.Anyway, the long dimension at lower right is 10.25, width at lower left is 6.75 and height on far right is 7.00. There are flanges along the 6.75 width that fold over and down to hang over the edges of the frame brackets, these flanges are about .50 long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jstarrquin Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Keith, Thank you for your quick reply and much needed help in my restoration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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