> Looking to see what everyone is using for a battery hold down on a Herald.
> Original or make shift, I need something that would do the job
> of holding the
> battery in place. Not even sure what was used for original
> installation. My
> car is a 1963 Sports 6, anybody with ideas, I'll take them.
Haven't solved it for my Sports 6 yet, but it looks like my TR3A solution
would work :
Get some aluminum 1/2" angle (ISTR 2' was around $2.50) and two lengths of
10-32 threaded rod, plus two 10-32 wing nuts at the local Home Depot (Lowes,
Menard's, etc.). Cut the aluminum to length with a hacksaw, leaving room on
either side of the battery for the clamps to line up with the ears on the
car. Use a file to cut some small flats on the point of the aluminum angle,
where the clamps go, then center punch and drill. Use a propane torch to
heat one end of the threaded rod red-hot, then bend it with pliers to form a
hook. Assemble the whole mess, then cut off the excess length of threaded
rod.
Or, call up Canley Classics. I see
601553 BATTERY CLAMP #4.10 EACH
618434 BATTERY ROD HERALD/VITESSE #2.30 EACH
which sound like they at least might be the right parts. Perhaps someone
with a SPC handy can confirm this (mine's at home).
Randall
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