Custom battery hold down? Anyone make one?

[scottylack]

anyone do a custom hold down for the early A bodies? Not into the stock one.....
anyone?

 

[jos51700]

What do you want, exactly?

 

[cuda65vpt]

I took a battery tray out of a GM truck and some minor grinder modifications was all it took to bolt it in place. Might have had to drill a hole, don't remember for sure. It was a 80-89 style truck.

 

[mopardude318]

Well, I dont know how different the later 67-& up A-bodies are, but I kinda made a mount to fit in the stock battery tray on my '68 fastback.

I first got a huge piece of 1/2" thick aluminum, then cut it to fit inside of the stock battery tray. The 3 larger countersunk holes are where the factory battery tray mounts, and I wanted to fasten the aluminum plate to those points, so I just used longer allen head bolts.

Here it is mounted in the tray.

Then I found this batter tray I thought was neat, for the Odyssey batteries.

http://www.qualitypowerauto.com/catalog.php?item=548

And mounted it to the aluminum piece.

All together.

The battery I used is a Die Hard Platinum, available at Sears. They are the same exact as the $300 dollar Advanced Glass Mat Odyssey battery. Made in the same plant.

Anyways, thats what I did. Thought it was better than the hoakey *** factory piece that hooks into the inner fender....

 

[6pakattack]

Here ya go !!


http://www.ebay.com/sch/Car-Truck-Parts-/6030/i.html?_nkw=Dodge+Dart+battery+hold+down&rt=nc

 

[scottylack]

That's oem

 

[scottylack]

I like that custom tray. Was thinking of doing something along the same lines