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#85892 01/25/2004 6:24 PM | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 129 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 129 | Now that my truck has undergone paint the Co-op battery looks goofy under the hood.
In 1959 would the battery have been a delco?
Are vintage looking batteries reproduced? If so where are they sold? How expensive are they? | | |
#85893 01/25/2004 6:43 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | | | |
#85894 01/25/2004 6:55 PM | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | Blaine - they were Delco, and if ya really want one, try yer closest GM dealer!  will of course be spendy compared to the generic batts of similar specs Bill | | |
#85895 01/25/2004 7:01 PM | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 129 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 129 | Are you saying that my GM dealer (nearest one is 600 km away) will be able to get a vintage looking battery or just a Delco? | | |
#85896 01/25/2004 7:12 PM | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 |  might not be worth a 600k trip for a Delco! - 59 batteries looked like the modern ones w/ the individual caps, which now aren't available everywhere, but not many would notice the 'maint free' sealed one wasn't correct Bill | | |
#85897 01/26/2004 2:14 AM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 198 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 198 | yes but if you look around they have fake tops with the vent caps that fit over the maintance free batterys.. | | |
#85898 01/26/2004 4:51 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 | I've never seen the fake top. Anyone run
across a companys web site that makes one, please
post it here. I might be interested it that. | | |
#85899 01/26/2004 3:14 PM | Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 114 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 114 |
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#85900 01/26/2004 4:41 PM | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 175 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 175 | The link Jimfred gave you is great. They have the old style correct Delco battery for your truck. I just got a catalog and talked to the folks there. I think the fee for the one I needed for my 49 was about 125.00 plus shipping. | | |
#85901 01/26/2004 9:54 PM | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 129 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 129 | Thanks for the links. I have submitted a request from the first one for cost. I'll post their response. | | |
#85903 01/29/2004 11:45 PM | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 129 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 129 | No response yet from www.antiqueautobattery.com and the Canadian dealer for Turbo Start wants $189 CDN plus $20 shipping. Has anyone here shipped a battery? This must require hazardous shipping. | | |
#85904 01/30/2004 1:26 AM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 198 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 198 | they ship the battery dry (without acid) then you can have the local Crappy tire fill it. | | |
#85905 01/30/2004 5:33 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 | I got a response from Antique Battery for
the 12V model G22D. It was $130 plus $35 for
shipping to Ca. This was the only one I saw
that had the right dimensions to fit in the
small space that housed the old 6V. | | |
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