[SCG] Delco battery date stamp

[Paul Steinberg]

Today, the battery posts come stamped on some brands, but back in the 
1960's, they didn't.  The total diameter of the "tool" is 3 1/4", however, 
there are 12 stamps on the one tool.  You line up the curved part of the 
impression with the top of the post, and then strike the tool with a hammer, 
making a impression on the top of the batty terminal post.  Each month, you 
would use a different part of the tool to make the stamping.
Paul in CT
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From: <Wrsssatty at aol.com>
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Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [SCG] Delco battery date stamp


>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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> From: <Wrsssatty at aol.com>
> To:  <scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com>
> 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.>
>
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