Hi Gary,
Sounds like the scenario I would have written about 3 years ago! (Except that
I began with no batteries in the resto)
Seems like I got the 26R because with reversed terminals the neg term is closer
to where the neg cable comes in.
Keith Pennell
BN7, BJ8
>
> Well, my two Interstate six-volt batteries that I installed in the car for
> concours judging sometime in the early '90s finally got too pooped to start
>the
> car every time, so I replaced them last week. Horror of horrors, I took my
>own
> advice to non-concours owners and replaced them with one 12-volt battery,
> mounted on the same brackets and in the same tray on the passenger side as I
>had
> originally used for one of the six-volts.
> Only challenge in doing this is that no one can cross-reference batteries by
> size. So I took the appropriate measurements -- the original trays will hold
>a
> battery measuring eight inches long and seven inches wide, and the car can
> hold a battery a maximum of about nine inches high. (the 4-cylinder cars
>might
> be a touch shorter.
> So, I wandered one of the battery stores measuring batteries until I found
> the appropriate size, which turns out to be a "Type 26" or "Type 26R" -- so
>if
> you want to buy the same thing, and are afflicted with a store that doesn't
> keep the batteries out on open shelves, just ask for that type. BTW, Optima
>does
> not make a battery that will fit the original tray.
>
> Cheers
> Gary
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