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Old 06-14-2019, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by The Champ View Post
Interstate, Motorcraft and ACDelco used to all be made by Johnson Controls in St. Joe, MO.

Interstate has now moved their production to Mexico.

ACDelco Advantage batteries are made in Korea. The Professional Gold and Silver batteries are still made by JCI in St. Joe. Motorcraft also.

As the OP noted - I'm not in to putting a tar top in for "correctness" in my Pontiac. But an ACDelco sure looks more correct than a green one.
Are interstates now crap ?
I always had good luck with them in my diesels which is hard on a battery with all the shaking they do.

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