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[ERA Chas]

Something tells me Dan would rather drive in the season than start a battery project.

I can't blame him but it should take a half day only once the cables are made up.....

[DanEC]

[quote=ERA Chas;1304094]Something tells me Dan would rather drive in the season than start a battery project.QUOTE]

Correcto - appreciate the comments but moving the battery is not on my short list. After all - batteries relate to electricity. And I hate messing with electrical stuff - if it works and ain't broke - leave it the hell alone.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by DanEC

After all - batteries relate to electricity. And I hate messing with electrical stuff - if it works and ain't broke - leave it the hell alone.

Words to live by.

[1795]

Amen to that. There is only so much time that we have to drive our cars, there is an inverse relationship between tinkering and driving.

[ERA Chas]

[quote=DanEC;1304146]

Originally Posted by ERA Chas

Something tells me Dan would rather drive in the season than start a battery project.QUOTE]

Correcto - appreciate the comments but moving the battery is not on my short list. After all - batteries relate to electricity. And I hate messing with electrical stuff - if it works and ain't broke - leave it the hell alone.

Sorry but I gotta rant. You make me laugh Dan. This is not tinkering.
You turned the Earth inside out to fit a top, top bows and side curtains with the accompanying 1000 posts and lost time. Windshield washers, correct -vinyl -on -the -bulkhead ordeal, squirt bottles, carb spacers, insulation, exhaust system insanity (twice), heater and a raft of 'originality'...
But a half day battery relocate with two connections is insurmountable??
'Mess with electrical stuff'?? Your Labrador could do this.
Another 1/2 hour if you go nuts and install a Merit kill switch (another 'non-performance' but excellent device) for a trouble free car.
If you actually put some miles on it, you'll take about 2 years worth of life out of the batt by cooking it. Then you'll have the fun of pulling the valve cover and breaking your hump to wrestle it out of there.
You could have built the car the right way, trunk-mounted, with easy access for a major maintenance device. All these guys told you your stuff fits fine and in essence, there's no reason not to do it.
The reason's not power-crazy Chas stuff-it's longevity. Remember 27 years with my car and it let me down exactly twice-snapped the shifter handle and puked the slave at the dragstrip.
Easy and frequent battery maintenance should be worth half a day after your 'eternity' build.
Still your ERA-lovin' pal but surprised and disappointed.