Along the theme of the thread, I do have a good battery story.
Daddy had a cool 65 Falcon when we were kids. He got it about 69 or 70 I guess. He had a Sears Die Hard put in it somewhere in the early 70s. It rocked on until I was out of high school in 83. I had a 69 Chevelle among five other cars I had been swappin a battery from one of the others to drive. Daddy came out one day and said "I'm gonna get a new battery for the Falcon. It's still good, but I'm scared of it". I paid the core charge and kept it. I flushed it out and got all the crap out of it and refilled it with electrolyte and put a charge on it. I drove the Chevelle another year or so and sold it.....but kept my precious Die Hard. That was probably 85 or 86. It got swapped around in many more cars and trucks, never failing once. Finally, about 1992, I was talking with my high school best friend Kirk. I told him I was fixin to get a new battery for my then 71 Dart with a 360. He asked if he could have the Die Hard for a shop decoration. I gave it to him. He emptied it out and let it dry out good and it sits on the work bench in his home shop. It's a cool one too and it's still in fantastic shape. It has all the color logo molded into the plastic, instead of stupid stickers. There is no question in either of our minds Kirk could fill that beeotch with fresh electrolyte, charge it and go. It's crazy. Next time we're over there, I'll have to get a picture of it. It's a beast.