From: "Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: RE: IML: Battery for a '55
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:12:52 -0800
A 6 volt battery can be used successfully in a car with a large V8 engine,
but everything else in the car must be in excellent condition. The current
needed to crank the engine is twice that needed by a 12 volt car, other
things being equal, which places very much more stringent demands on all
the
electrical current carrying equipment in the car. The Optima battery is an
excellent choice, as it has very low internal resistance. The best setup
would be an Optima battery, 2-0 gauge cables with soldered ends, bright
clean metal to metal contact on both ends of all cables, a freshly rebuilt
starter motor, perfect switch contacts, and an align-bored crank in the
engine. This is what the cars had when new, (except for the optima battery
of course), and they started just fine. No one would accept a new luxury
car like an Imperial if it wouldn't start reliably.
Dick Benjamin (still driving his 6 volt Packard engined V8 55 Hudson
Hornet
after all these years - the starter spins it right up, every time, and has
for 21 years!)
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[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jan Harmonson
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:03 AM
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Subject: Re: IML: Battery for a '55
Hi
I have a 1955 Sedan that I have been using a 6-12 starting system in for
several years. It spins fast and starts well. I just replaced the 6-12
battery with two 6 volt Optimas that really spin it. I have a 6 volt
Optima
in my 1952 Plymouth that works well for the 6 cylinder but one was too slow
for the V-8 in the Imperial. John Lazenby says that a properly tuned 6 volt
is Ok but I didn't find that so. Also, I had Bob's radio in Pismo Beach,
CA.
rebuild my 1955 radio and he said that if I had ever used an 8 volt battery
the radio would be "toast".
Jan in Ojai, CA
1955 Imperial Custom Sedan
1952 Plymouth Suburban
----- Original Message -----
From: randalpark@xxxxxxx
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Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 5:31 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Battery for a '55
'55 takes is a 6 volt, positive ground system. It isn't as easy to find a
nice big battery for that car as it is for the 12 volt cars. It can be
done,
it just takes a little more looking around. Again, the largest most
powerful
is probably a great rule of thumb.
One of my non-Imperial's with a similar system takes an 8 volt marine dry
cell very nicely. I needed it to give me a boost when cranking the extra
four cylinders on that car's old L head motor, especially when cold. It
gave
everything a little more life, including the hydraulic windows, and has had
no apparent ill effects. Everything works as it should including the
charging system, which leads me to wonder if voltage regulator adjustments
were made in the past to accomodate this for another owner. I am certain
that others may have experienced shorter life on light bulbs and radio
tubes
with these batteries, but nothing like that has happened on this car.
Again,
it isn't an Imperial, and my '55 Imperial cranks and functions just great
with a fresh, huge, 6 volt battery.
Paul W.
-----Original Message-----
From: wbinegar@xxxxxxx
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Sent: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:10:04 -0500
Subject: Re: IML: Battery for a '55
What kind of battery goes into a 1955 Imperial sedan? Where do you get
the
battery?
W Binegar
1955 Imperial Newport
1955 Imperial Sedan
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