Here's a thought on another way to do this:
Assuming all the rust and holes are in the bottom of the battery box,
chop off the bottom port of the box, and cut off the top part of
the replacement box. Then shove the new part up over the old box
from inside the car, and put rivets/screws in the sides to hold
them together. With the battery in place, the repair would not
be visible.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit (with un-holey bottery box...)
At 09:59 AM 12/19/01 , Joe Curry wrote:
>Here's what I did:
>
>1. Carefully remove the braces for the dash assembly without horribly
>distorting them.
>2. remove the old box with a chisel or spot weld drill (Take care not to
>distort the area around the box)
>3. Place the new box in the hole
>4. I brazed mine in. There is not enough room at this point to use a spot
>welded
>5. Braze or weld the braces back in
>6. prep and paint.
>
>Time consuming but not terribly difficult.
>
>Joe
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