Let me clarify my situation a bit. My car is an M chassis Vixen. Heater mounts
on top of passenger side (LHD) footwell. Battery bracket/tray mounts with 5
bolts thru the front side of passenger footwell and sits between footwell and
wheel arch. Battery bracket is welded up from flat stock and angle irons. The
dimension of the tray seemed small to me (9 1/4" x 6 3/8"). Im used to a larger
battery in my toy cars - usually like a group 24. I do plan to spread the load
a bit with some support to the mounting from the inside of the passenger
compartment - likely a "sandwich" of some type as was suggested.
Thanks
Bob Tescione
mogman@rpa.net
"Hill, Stephen M EDUC:EX" wrote:
> 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
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> > 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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