Same thing happened to my car. I drilled a couple of holes throught the top
of the footwell, and with some threaded rods in the holes, tightened down
nuts above and below the glass. This created solid studs between which the
battery sits, sandwiched between the glass and a rectangular frame you can
buy at any old auto place. Cheap. One day I intend to replicate the whole
thing in stainless, but not change the design at all.
Stephen
2500
> ----------
> From: Dr John Upham[SMTP:webmaster@ukmotorsport.com]
> Reply To: Dr John Upham
> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 4:13 PM
> To: DonDavis@aol.com
> Cc: mogman@rpa.net; tvr@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Vixen Batteries
>
> DonDavis@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Did the Vixen have a battery tray to start with? My battery was just
> sitting
> > on the fiberglass with a hold down bracket when I bought the car. I put
> it
> > into a battery box later.
> >
> > Don
>
> There was no try as such (sitting on top of the GRP) A clever touch by
> the factory was to bond a bit of steel sheet into the GRP over the
> passenger
> foot well box. In time, this rotted and split open the GRP. Good
> foresight
> don't you think?
>
> JU
>
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