<VV> VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 129, Issue 29

[Ken Lundy]

Thanks Eric,
The battery I ordered was, I believe, a fork lift battery. I should have
it by tomorrow. I also purchased a battery cable shutoff switch.
I enjoyed looking at your pictures. Beautiful country out there!
Nice Corvairs too!
Regards,
Ken Lundy
NJ
64 Convertible



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>Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:39:40 -0700
>From: "Eric S. Eberhard" <eric at vicsmba.com>
>To: patiomatt at aol.com, vv <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Subject: <VV> I use a plain forklift battery that is pretty common
>Message-ID: <562000FC.5070502 at vicsmba.com>
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>and the right size exactly.  I put the caps on from an old NOS battery I
>finally killed and it does look original.  You can still get NOS ones
>occasionally and it is easy to fill them with acid to wake them up and
>it has always worked for me.  But I decided that only a true nerd could
>tell the difference between the batteries with the caps swapped ... me
>being such a nerd ... but it is not worth the dollars anymore.  I used
>to get NOS batteries for 50 bucks or less.  Now they want 500 and it is
>just a driver.  If you can find some NOS caps though ... I use plain
>black ones (round) with no logo at all.  I do have an A/C set in orange
>or yellow (can't remember and all my stuff is scattered now, putting on
>a new barn roof).  Almost any of the large battery places will have
>forklift batteries (long and thin) -- and you can buy them dry as well
>and save shipping if needed.  They are easy to start (pour acid in, wait
>a day).
>
>E
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>-- 
>Eric S. Eberhard
>VICS
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