[DeTomaso] Drop battery box

[Mike Drew]

Rob,

My drop box was custom made and unfortunately he chose the smallest battery available in the quest for light weight, and built the box around it. So I am very limited with respect to the batteries I can buy. 

The trunk floor is higher in the back so a conventional battery box probably won't satisfy your needs. Even though the vendor sourced units are expensive, installation is relatively simple and that counts for a lot. 

If you can fabricate metal you could build one yourself but it would take some time to do it right. If you have more money than time, buying is probably a better option than making. 

Mike

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On Jul 27, 2013, at 15:25, Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net> wrote:

> All,
> 
> When I got my barn-find car, it had not had brakes for a while due to a
> major leak in the lines leaving the shuttle valve. I replumbed all that
> years ago but could tell, there was serious brake fluid damage under the
> carpet. Today, I pulled the carpet on my quest to redo the front trunk. No
> surprise, the original body paint is all peeled up but luckily I found only
> surface rust.
> 
> While I have the trunk apart, I want to drop my battery and clean up the
> front trunk look. I run an Optima, but do not necessarily want to restrict
> my size to it forever and would rather plan for a full-size option.
> 
> Is the drop box a simple battery box you can get from Jegs or Summit
> (below) or do I need to buy one from a vendor. What have you all done?
> 
> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/tay-48200/overview/
> 
> Rob DuMoulin
> 904.476.8744
> rob at dumoulins.net
> www.kbsi.co
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