The Ford Barn

vanhammer · 04-02-2017, 08:45 PM

First post here. Please forgive me if this has been hashed out several times before (if so, please post a link)... i searched and didnt see anything that summed this up for me.

Anyhoo, we recently got a 40 coupe thats almost all stock except for a few items. The car is still 6v positive ground. It had a 6v battery in it but it seems small for the tray and hold down. After searching, it seems that the car has the "late" battery box and the firewall style hold down, but it appears that even if the battery was the full size of the tray only about 1/8th inch of the battery would be under the hold down. Is that normal? I read on the forums somewhere about it needs to be a "group 2" 6 volt battery but i still dont see how the hold down can grip much of the battery. Maybe im missing a piece.

Can someone please post a couple of pics of how the battery in the tray should look as if it were factory?

Thanks in advance for your help and sorry if this is a rehash.

04-02-2017, 08:45 PM	#1
vanhammer Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 3	40 ford coupe battery box issue (again?) First post here. Please forgive me if this has been hashed out several times before (if so, please post a link)... i searched and didnt see anything that summed this up for me. Anyhoo, we recently got a 40 coupe thats almost all stock except for a few items. The car is still 6v positive ground. It had a 6v battery in it but it seems small for the tray and hold down. After searching, it seems that the car has the "late" battery box and the firewall style hold down, but it appears that even if the battery was the full size of the tray only about 1/8th inch of the battery would be under the hold down. Is that normal? I read on the forums somewhere about it needs to be a "group 2" 6 volt battery but i still dont see how the hold down can grip much of the battery. Maybe im missing a piece. Can someone please post a couple of pics of how the battery in the tray should look as if it were factory? Thanks in advance for your help and sorry if this is a rehash.