Hi The guy that rebuilt my 1955 radio told me that if I had ever used an 8v batery my radio was "toast" !! I also tried an Optima and it was no better than anything else. I now have the 6-12 system and the car starts swiftly every time!! Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "george laurie" <georgelaurie@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 2:39 AM Subject: Re: IML: 6 volt battery that will crank > Over here in the land of OZ all the VW boys used 8Volt batterys, they did > not have to chage anything as far as I know, just bolt it in and they had > better cranking speed and better lights etc. Can you still buy 8 Volt > batterys in the US I wounder? regards George. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "roger crabtree" <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 11:46 AM > Subject: Re: IML: 6 volt battery that will crank > > > > Hi Don and list, > > I bought the biggest case, most number of plates, > > largest cold cranking amps, and best warranty offered > > at Carquest. That was 2 years ago. The car starts in > > -15 deg weather and has never failed me. The secret > > is to double the cold crank amps compared to cubic > > inches. A 331 Cubic inch needs 600 cold crank amps to > > work correctly. The biggest I could find was a 550. > > I was worried at first, but it has never failed. Most > > of the battery companies have discontinued the big 6 > > volts except truck applications. If all else fails go > > to a truck repair center. > > RC Billings, Montanaaaaaa > > --- DONALDDICKINSOND@xxxxxx wrote: > Has anyone > > found a good 6 volt battery that has lots > > > of cranking power for my > > > 1955 hemi Imperial? Maybe that's an oxymoron! > > > > > > > ===== > > RC Billings, Montanaaaaaa > > > > http://www.imperialclub.com/temp/1955/RogerCrabtree/ > > > > > > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. > > http://au.movies.yahoo.com > > > >