06-25-2016, 01:17 PM | #21 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: PA
Posts: 263
|
Re: 33/34 Battery
Hi Steve,
Just read your post, and I had the same problem with finding a battery for my 1939 Ford Deluxe, but this is what I did. I bought an optima V6 red top on Amazon ( https://www.amazon.com/Optima-Batter...+top+6+volt%5C) and then bought a case from Quail Services ( http://quailservices.com/index.html ) the vintage case is 2LD-II. I did buy a ford script at a car show and added it to the case. Quail Services was great to work with though and are very helpful. I had to make a cut diagonally in the bottom of the case so that the optima would fit and it worked perfectly. I will add a few photo's of the final product. Good luck and hope this helps!! Jim Quote:
|
|
06-25-2016, 10:07 PM | #22 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pittsburgh Pa. Area
Posts: 272
|
Re: 33/34 Battery
Steve,
There are two suppliers of correct script lead-acid batteries. One is located in Hudson, Ohio and the other is in New Castle, Pa. If you need their names, I will have to go through my resto folders to find them. Let me know if you need them. My '34 Roadster has one in it, though the first one I installed had a problem with the electrolyte was weeping out through the screw caps. Weird!!! Milt K from Pa |
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
06-25-2016, 10:54 PM | #23 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 8,137
|
Re: 33/34 Battery
Quote:
__________________
The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... "Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!" "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0 Last edited by petehoovie; 06-25-2016 at 11:09 PM. |
|
06-27-2016, 09:49 AM | #24 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Dewinton, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 463
|
Re: 33/34 Battery
Quote:
|
|
06-27-2016, 10:47 AM | #25 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Near Rising Sun, Maryland
Posts: 10,858
|
Re: 33/34 Battery
I talked to the folks from Antique Auto Batteries, out of Ohio, at their Spring Carlisle setup. They definitely no longer produce the Optima hidden inside the 2LF script case and for some reason they no longer produce the old style lead acid 2LF w/script case, and even if they did, I would highly recommend NOT buying those because of the short life and high cost. They are apparently making the 2HF script version and I saw one on their display table. The other company I am aware of who is/was making a script 2HF battery, is "Restoration Battery" also located in Ohio. Both companies have websites that can be easily found thru Google.
__________________
John "Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts". Albert Einstein Last edited by JM 35 Sedan; 06-27-2016 at 01:20 PM. |
06-27-2016, 12:47 PM | #26 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Dewinton, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 463
|
Re: 33/34 Battery
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
http://www.restorationbattery.com/2lffordscript.html |
06-29-2016, 03:14 PM | #27 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 11
|
Re: 33/34 Battery
John, thanks for taking the time to post those photos. That newer battery is fairly old and the other is even older. Our engineering team did confirm a design change was made more than 10 years ago, in conjunction with being the OE battery for the VW Eos. The additional height accommodated the vent port, which was needed for the Eos application. While that may seem like a bad deal for you guys, because the re-design prevented the battery from fitting into dummy cases, it actually works out pretty well in the bigger picture.
OE contracts like that one help make a business case not just for initial production, but replacement batteries in specific sizes for quite a long time. I don't know if we'd even produce 6-volt batteries anymore, if it weren't for that VW business, which had a ten-year run. Hopefully, we'll keep producing them indefinitely, but OE business certainly helps. Jim McIlvaine eCare Manager, OPTIMA Batteries www.facebook.com/optimabatteries |
06-29-2016, 03:23 PM | #28 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 8,137
|
Re: 33/34 Battery
Quote:
__________________
The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... "Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!" "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0 |
|
06-29-2016, 03:59 PM | #29 |
Senior Member
|
Re: 33/34 Battery
I Put a Optima in a 34 the wood cover fitted ok ,you just hammer down the bracket / carrier straps a bit ,Ted
|
06-30-2016, 06:48 AM | #30 | |
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 11
|
Re: 33/34 Battery
Quote:
Jim McIlvaine eCare Manager, OPTIMA Batteries www.facebook.com/optimabatteries |
|
06-30-2016, 02:21 PM | #31 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 8,137
|
Re: 33/34 Battery
Quote:
__________________
The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... "Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!" "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0 |
|
07-01-2016, 02:18 PM | #32 | |
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 11
|
Re: 33/34 Battery
Quote:
Jim McIlvaine eCare Manager, OPTIMA Batteries www.facebook.com/optimabatteries |
|
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|