I gottsa one also - always stays charged even thru the winter
doldrums but the damn thing has always tricle leaked thru the top
and threatened damage on my almost Gold BlueBug. As soon as this
concours crap is over with I'm ripping it out and putting it on
ebay (reserve $5).
Mike L
60A,67E,59Bug
----- Original Message -----
From Larry Dickstein <bugide at solve.net>
To: Healey List <healeys@autox.team.net>; Spridget List
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: August 22, 2001 8:37 AM
Subject: Antique Auto Battery
> Anyone else had dealings w/ Antique Auto Battery in Hudson,
OH? I
> bought a Lucas "tar top" reproduction battery for my Bugeye
Concours
> candidate. The battery ($150.00 including shipping) arrived in
a timely
>
> manner. I filled it w/ electrolyte, charged it per their
instructions
> and put it in the Bugeye. Not enough power to run the parking
lights
> and the horn at the same time. Off to a real battery place
where they
> load tested it and proclaimed "Junk".
> The folks at Antique Auto Battery, while professing
innocence, gave
> me instructions on returning the defective battery. I did
return it, at
>
> their expense, not including the 80 mile round trip to the UPS
station.
> The "new" battery arrived yesterday. Same drill--fill w/
more
> electrolyte, charge per their instructions, and not enough power
to pull
>
> a sick hooker off an army cot! I haven't contacted them yet but
I
> certainly will first thing in the AM! The real battery place
load
> tested the "new" battery and said that they were tired of
testing the
> same junk battery!
> Anyway, if you're interested, I'll report the results of the
phone
> call I will make in the morning. I think it's a good thing I
bought it
> on a credit card--they probably will be the ones arguing w/
Antique
> Auto Battery.
> Anyone else happy, or not, w/ these folks? I'd be
interested in the
>
> results.
>
> Larry Dickstein
>
> Lone Jack, MO
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