The 58 tray is for a 12 volt battery and modern batteries fit right in.
Bruce Kettunen
57 3200
MN
At Wednesday, 23 January 2002, you wrote:
>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?
>
>Greg
>'48 Hot Rod in Progress
>
>----- 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/
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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