Re: What battery for 440?

[Jim Altemose <jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx>]

To get a modern battery with a vintage look, you can get vintage
battery covers.  I've seen them for Autolite and others.  Here's a
link to a 'tar topper' for an Optima.

http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?pf_id=43214&dept_id=1201&cm_mmc=Froogle-_-Engine+%26+Related+-+Batteries+-+ALL-_-43214-_-X

Just google 'vintage battery covers' and look around.

- Jim
Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
'63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
'63 Polara 500 (383)
'65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
'71 Bronco

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Steve Chervinsky
<63hemipolara@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The group 27 is the larger of the series, old mopar Red cap battery.
> The Group 24's has yellow or green caps depending on year. I agree
> about the 27 filling the battery tray better but for "correctness" a
> 440 of that year should have a group 27 "tar top"
>
> Look into the dry gel cel batteries, they are more expensive but are
> unaffected by temperature and are much more durable. Aftermarket like
> Exide has up to 1000CCA batteries, that is whatI have for my '63 472
> Hemi Polara. It's in the trunk so looking correct under the hood is
> not an issue, the Hemi is pretty incorrect as well, but looks good
> though ;-)
>
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Kevin Merkley <krmerkley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I also believe that cold cranking is what you look for in determining
>> the "strength" of a battery.
>>
>> The 24 vs 27 is the length of the battery.  I always found that the
>> longer battery looked better and filled the battery tray.
>>
>
>
> --
> Steve
> '63 Hemi Polara
>
>


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