[SCG] Delco battery date stamp

[Wrsssatty at aol.com]

I remain confused as to the object's function.  If I understand  correctly, 
I am lead to believe that it is used to make an imprint on the  positive 
battery terminal/post but the seller of the first one listed  dimensions for 
it 
(3 1/4" w.) that, it seems to me, would far exceed the size of a  battery 
post and, besides, doesn't the positive battery post come from the  factory 
with a plus sign (+) imprinted on it?  Granted, I will concede that  I often 
need things spelled out for me to grasp them sufficiently....
 
~Bill Stanley
 
 
In a message dated 11/18/2011 12:00:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
scg-list-request at tiger.skiblack.com writes:



Today's Topics:

1. Re: Calendar year  1962 Delco battery date stamp (Kent  Sullivan)


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Message:  1
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:37:51 -0800
From: "Kent Sullivan"  <kentsu at corvairkid.com>
Subject: Re: [SCG] Calendar year 1962 Delco  battery date stamp

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

--Kent
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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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Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 1:04  PM
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.>