Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Private_collector]

Hello Bob,

Regarding original battery 'repacking'. Have spoken with several folks in town yesterday, and two have mentioned a particular business (business of one, I believe) who has done this with original batteries, and supplied to our local battery shop. I will be in town this afternoon to pick up my battery box from the shop that folded it for me. While i'm in town I will call in on the battery shop to ask about this.

Problem with getting an original case is simply the total lack of cases in circulation. I fully expect I will look & not find a suitable case, then once bought something less than ideal, hundreds of the bloody things will show up! That seems to be the way for me. Macs Auto in USA have a new battery that is perfect for me, but they don't ship O.S, even though the batteries are shipped dry. Add to that the huge post cost and it's not even worth the time to consider as an option. Surely there MUST be someone who has these in Aus, and if so, I will find them eventually. One of the guys I spoke to runs a Hot Rod shop in Gympie, and even he doesn't know of replica battery source.
Battery hold down frame 1.jpg Battery hold down frame 2.jpg
Tuesday I spent a couple of hours making a new battery hold down frame. I have altered the design a little for simplicity of construction,and hopefully it will be a little stronger as well. There will be a rubber pad running full length of both the end pieces, to protect the battery.

With it looking most likely that the chassis will not be back to me this week, I am filling in time doing some of these little jobs that wouldn't normally get done at this point. It's what I call the "little win" jobs.