[Held for Ransom]

Craig, did it look like one of these...

[Bentwheelbob]

I've been outed....I was hoping that nobody would notice, but I won the dumba_s award on this one. I put the battery together backwards the first time and have since fixed it. I sent the guy (Burd) I got the parts from pictures of the finished battery and two days later he had the same reaction - there's something not right. It turns out that I put the caps and everything else on 180 degrees off. Fortunately I attached everything with a few dabs of silicone and was able to reverse it.

Thanks for keeping me on my toes.

[Norwood]

Originally Posted by Held for Ransom

Craig, did it look like one of these...

Ya just like the first one. In fact the very same one came new in our 76 c30 tow truck

[roundportponchos]

This 2nd pic, is my battery. I sent it out, probably posted. It was sent to me from friend, notice it has french writing. It has a date stamp of 1978, came out of 79 vette from Quebec. Car had 8k miles, wouldn't charge, guy saved it since 1983.
It's just the freedom. I have called around a lot on this, & I came out 79 or 80, some tell me 81.
I talked with antique battery manufacturer, no plans yet to do a freedom. He said, $250, he would take mine apart and redo, he says it will last at least 6yrs...


UOTE=Norwood;5276607]Ya just like the first one. In fact the very same one came new in our 76 c30 tow truck[/QUOTE]

[Alvin]

Paging Bob: Our '78 W72 motor front passenger side of engine had a bright yellow paint splotch on top of the factory blue engine paint, and a black ink "OK-2" inspection stamped on the yellow paint.

A while back, there was a PYr who made up several diff stamps and was selling them for Resto use.

Did your motor have the same?

[Judge273]

Alvin, where's your pictures of this?

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Judge273

Alvin, where's your pictures of this?

Ours was painted over during a previous detailing...picture taken before w 35mm analog camera, not able to lay hands on the exact photo...

However, ours looked very similar to the one show on page one below - EXCEPT - ours had the previously mentioned "yellow paint splotch" between Pontiac engine blue painted passenger head and the stamp as shown below HERE

Note: refer to same T/A engine w OK-2 stamp image on page 169 in Gary Witzenburg's FIREBIRD!

Edit: FWIW referring to our Van Nuys built '78 W72 Stick. What box(s) on build sheet will tell build date?

Looking @ Box 1. reads:

Job Sequence Number
004267

Sched No Date
15-4267
03-16