Optima Batteries

Unknown

Attachments :

I have been using the Optima 6v gel cell batteries for the last six years

in various old cars. For the most part, I have been extremely happy with

them. They never need water, never leak or corrode, can be mounted in any

position, (even upside down) and are lighter than the old lead-acid batteries.

The batteries are about half the size of the old fashioned kind and I

think that two might be ganged together for even more punch than the standard

"850 Cold Cranking Amps."

Until I win the lotto and can afford two of these $130 jobs per car, it

is necessary to taylor a single Optima to fit the old factory battery box

made for the standard batteries. On the '26 Coupe, a battery holder was made

up out of bits of 2x8 scrap and screwed together with wood screws using an

electric drill with a screw driver bit. The box cradles the Optima side to

side and raises it up where the cables can be easily mounted. The project

required about an hour's time including some head scratching and scrap pile

search time.

Attached is a pic of the resulting installation under the driver's seat

in typical Roaring 20s fashion.







Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com

Fullerton, California USA



NEW email list for Hudson Super Six Cars, 1916-1929!

http://www.egroups.co.uk/group/HudsonSuperSix16-29



1926 Hudson Anderson Bodied Coupe

1926 Hudson Parts Car "The Grapes Of Wrath"

1928 Hudson Roadster Project

1929 Hudson Town Sedan

1939 Cadillac Coupe (How'd that get in there?)



AEROMARK - Need Rubber Stamps or Signs? See:

http://www.aeromark.net