Doug / Smiler
OK....you guys have convinced me.....I'll use the drop down box.....and put
it on the frame....WHERE IT SHOULD BE!!......I replaced the entire floor
board so there are no holes in it...yet and would like to keep it that way
so I don't have to have access through the carpet. I put my trans cooler
basically where the old box was but I can move it.
I was never wild about the firewall idea to start with. At one time I was
going to build a custom accessory/tool box in the bed to match the bed wood
and put the battery in it (never really liked that idea either), but it got
nixed when I used Polished Stainless bed strips and covered the boards with
polished stainless sheet metal....I had a sheet metal shop break the covers
to the original wood shape and then I had to adjust the wood dimensions down
alittle in order to fit the stainless covers....The Bed looks exactly like
original except that it is ALL polished stainless....I've never seen one
like it.....
Greg
'48 Hot Rod in Progress
----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Woodard <woodie45@netzero.net>
To: Greg Green <greg@a1glass.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 48-53 Battery on Firewall
Hi Greg,
Skip the battery tray on that very smooth fire wall, spend about $120.00 and
buy a drop down battery box and hang it off the frame. Then spend about
another $120.00 and buy a dry cell battery to fit in that battery box. no
mess, no fuss. That's what I did for my smooth firewall, costs a few dollars
more, but the final outcome is way better.
Sincerely
Doug
' 57 with a smooth firewall
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Green" <greg@a1glass.com>
To: "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 1:32 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 48-53 Battery on Firewall
> The '58 was a 12 volt, correct? if so will it accept today's 12 volt?
> I wasn't wild about putting a trap door in the floor board large enough to
> service today's batteries.....ALL options are open at this point
> though.....the final decision has not been made....
>
> The firewall looks GREAT .....no brake booster......NOTHING on it....would
> like to keep it that way if I can come up with an acceptable
> alternative......From your comments....I am assuming that a stock '48
> battery tray is too small? would I be better off to build one for under
the
> floorboard?
>
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>
> Greg
> '48 Hot Rod in Progress
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: smiler <Moneymatters@snet.net>
> To: Greg Green <greg@a1glass.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 7:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 48-53 Battery on Firewall
>
>
> A clean firewall is more popular and desirable...putting the battery
> under the floor is clean and neat...Same with the master cyl and booster
> too...But to each his own..it's up to you in the end...almost any
> replacement battery box from GM will work...If you try to rework a stock
> battery box you will have to widen it anyway to get the new 12 voly
> battery to fit in where the smaller six volt was...FYI Chet
>
> Greg Green wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone put the battery on the firewall on a AD? I would appreciate
> > hearing from anyone who has done this and any tips they might have such
as
> > what tray you used, re-enforcing of the firewall etc.
> >
> > I was thinking of used a polished stainless one for a '58 but I cannot
> tell
> > from the pictures in the catalog if the mounting side is flat so that
the
> > mounting points are all in plane with each other(my firewall has been
> > slicked) or if there or any offsets for the stock '58 firewall.
> >
> > Thanks in advance......
> >
> > Greg
> > '48 Hot Rod in Progress
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
> --
> Chet Balint
> 1950 Chevy AD "Rocky"
> 1948 GMC
> Cheshire, CT
>
> http://pages.cthome.net/chevypickup50/
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