on 3/15/04 10:26 PM, Bullwinkle at yd3@nvc.net wrote:
> The battery location in front of the axel is a carry over from early the
> early OHC MGs such as the M, C, D, F, L, J, etc. A look at the cowl
> (firewall) construction of these cars will show why that location was
> chosen. Also, batteries for American cars haven't always been inside
> the engine compartment. Ford placed them under the front floor boards
> in the 30's. Also remember that battery technology has increased
> allowing more power from less space until it became feasible to
> construct a 12 volt battery of the same amperage capacity as one single
> 6 volt of the same dimentions.
>
> As far as the Midgets battery being inaccesible, that can probably be
> laid at Donald Healey's feet. The Midget's floor pan was derived from
> the Austin Healey (Bugeye) Sprite.
>
> Blake
Yeah, precisely. With the tilt front end on the Bugeye, it was perfectly
accessible -- but with the alligator bonnet on the Spridget, which only
seems to open about 20 degrees, it's a tough nut. Along with the master
cylinders...
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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