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Vintage 140 battery

AndrewNance

Amateur hour!
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Oct 24, 2011
Location
Winston-Salem, NC
Is there a modern battery that works with the factory 140 battery tray and hold-down? Duralast, Napa, etc. I don?t care. Just something I can get locally. I have never had the correct battery for this car but it?s time to buy a new one.
 
Good luck. Group 46 batteries with the cleats at the ends are no longer made.

That's why I went with an Odyssey PC680. It's lighter and it ain't goin' nowhere with this bracket.

OdysseyBattery142.jpg


VP lists a battery with the correct part number but there's no picture to verify if it has the correct cleats.

http://212.247.61.152/US/main.aspx?page=article&artno=1259533
 
Good luck. Group 46 batteries with the cleats at the ends are no longer made.

That's why I went with an Odyssey PC680. It's lighter and it ain't goin' nowhere with this bracket.

OdysseyBattery142.jpg


VP lists a battery with the correct part number but there's no picture to verify if it has the correct cleats.

http://212.247.61.152/US/main.aspx?page=article&artno=1259533

Slightly off topic. That radiator 'looks' to be aluminum and that top flange definitely confirms not OEM. Is it a transplant from some other vehicle or did you get a custom fabrication from someone like Griffin?
 
Group 24 fits really nicely in the factory tray but has cleats on the front and back rather than on the ends. They’re pretty tall though. Might consider a couple terminal covers just for my peace of mind.

I welded a long ear on one side of the tray to slide the cleat under and used a generic “GM style” (whatever that means) clamp on the other side. Now it’s secure and you can’t even see the clamp. Callin’ that good.
 
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