Sounds to me like a "solution in need of a problem."
I'm in my 70's and it is a lot easier to service the battery in the floor of my 54 than on the firewall of the 56.
It is a lot easier for me to pick up the battery from the floor than leaning over the fender removing one from the firewall.

~~ Jethro
1954 3100
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