The 4-miles included the trip to the site; no big risk to the dealer,
once it got started.
Times were different in the 50's; I don't really blame the dealer for
switching batteries on it.
Neil Vedder
Jan & Roger van Hoy wrote:
Yes... except that the car was driven a bit [4 miles] in 1957,
probably started up to drive it to... it's doom... and what dealer
would risk his reputation over a $15 battery?
--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth,
'66 Plymouth, '41 Dodge
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eastern Sierra Adjustment
Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Miss Belvie's battery..
So, the question then becomes: did the astute dealership, REALIZING
that the car would
not see the light-of-day for .5century, say : "HEY, why am I gong to
lose-out on installing
a perfectly-good MoPar battery in this non-Dodge (ahem), when I could
just install some
nasty generic battery, that can't-hardly hold a charge, in this poor
thing?"
"Who'll care, 50 years from now? Not me! "
Neil Vedder
Mark H wrote:
This is one detail I actually paid pretty close attention to in
Tulsa. A coupla years ago I bought one of those Ultima batteries
for Mr. Finzzz and one of those plastic repro battery cases that
supposedly look like the actual batteries from the fifties, so you
can fool the car show people into thinking you have a real fifties
battery (right!). Anyway, one of the nights when our small group of
vandals broke in and took pictures with Miss B and the security
guards at the indoor car show, I was curious as to whether my repop
battery case looked like a REAL original, so I peeked into the
engine compartment to look at Miss B's battery. I moved it around a
little - and saw no logos anywhere. I spun off one of the plastic
filler lids (I found actual real Mopar lids for use on the repop
plastic - adds to the authenticity!) and was surprised to see no
names or logos on it either!
It made me question whether the Mopar filler lids I have were true
to the cars, or some sort of battery accessory - you wouldn't think
they would've put many dealer add-on accesories to the car they were
going to bury . . . .
Mark mjh
'57 Fury
Sutherlin, OR
*/Jan & Roger van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
I sincerely doubt that Pic #3 is the identical replacement battery
for a '57
Dodge or Plymouth. Why?
[1] The curved "m" emblem for MoPar wasn't used until later.
[2] The book from which you took the photo says Pic #1 for 1956-58
Chrysler
Prod.
[3] My 1955-58 Parts Book already has a superceded number for the
1956-58
Dodge/Plymouth/DeSoto 50 amp battery, 1818959 [wet] and 1818932
[dry].
That, coincidentally, is the number for the 1956-58 Chrysler 50
amp battery.
In other words, replacement # does not match original #.
In addition to the parts book, I looked thru my '58 DeSoto and '56
Plymouth
FSM's; the battery pix are the same as the Parts book, none of
which show
the label.
So, for those who strive for absolute authenticity...
fughettabouttit !!!
Or maybe buy one of the #1 batteries from Neil's vendor pic.
--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56
Plymouth, '66
Plymouth, '41 Dodge
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eastern Sierra Adjustment Services"
To:
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 11:18 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] Miss Belvie's battery..
>I think that George McKovich PM'ed me, to say that the MoPar
logo, on
> Ms. Belvie's battery (as depicted on the attached Antique Auto
battery
> folder)
> was seen to have been placed/oriented toward the fender, instead
of its
> facing
> inboard, toward the engine compartment.
>
> BTW, Style-3 is OEM-correct for Group 24 1957+ cars.
>
> The placement of the battery terminals pretty much determines
how the
> battery
> is to be installed, on the inner fender.
>
> Ron Water's pics, from last week, clearly(?) showed that there
was no
> visible
> logo facing the engine compartment, AND(??) that the battery
caps may have
> been white-colored.
>
> I'm wondering what color to re-paint the yellow "Delco"
fake-caps which
> appear on the Tar-Topper-fake-battery-lid, after I remove the
"Delco"
> embossments FROM the fake-caps.
>
> Neil Vedder
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