[SCG] Calendar year 1962 Delco battery date stamp

[Kent Sullivan]

Another one just popped up, this time for calendar year 1961. eBay item
130603329608.

--Kent
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[mailto:scg-list-bounces at tiger.skiblack.com] On Behalf Of Paul Steinberg
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 10:41 AM
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Subject: Re: [SCG] Calendar year 1962 Delco battery date stamp

The stamp is for the top of the Positive battery post.  Not only did it give
a positive way of identifying when a battery was sold, it also gave a
tactile identification to the positive terminal for jump starting in poor
light.
Paul in CT
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Subject: Re: [SCG] Calendar year 1962 Delco battery date stamp


> O.K.  Since we're playing 20 questions, my guess is that the object in 
> question is used to make an impression on the tar top of the battery.  
> Did I guess right?
>
> ~Bill Stanley
>
> < eBay item 220888852543
>
> Pretty cool item if you are looking to add that last bit of realism  
> to a Corvair built in calendar year 1962!>
>
> <How/where is it used on the battery?>
>
> <Hint: Think about where the (only) part of the battery (actually, 2) 
> that are soft enough to take an imprint.>