[DeTomaso] Dropped Battery Box - No cut in Front Trunk?

[Mike & Elizabeth]

Doug Braun and I plan to drop the battery in the front of our cars as part
of our current restoration process.  All of the drops I've seen or read
about involve cutting a hole in the floor of the trunk and welding in a box
or frame to mount the battery in, then fashioning some sort of removeable
cover to have access to the battery.  Many also leave the ground stud at the
back of the trunk next to the pedal box, still in full view.

 

During discussion of the plans yesterday at the shop Doug offered the idea
that the battery could be mounted under the front trunk without cutting a
hole in the trunk floor.  Cable connections can be redone to afford
charging/jump capability elsewhere in the car (in the front trunk or at the
rear) and it would leave the front trunk floor uncut and eliminate the need
to hide any cabling in the trunk.  This is not too different from many newer
supercars/sports cars and how often do you really need have direct access to
the battery.  The frame on which the battery would rest could be bolted in
to the lower frame/structure so it would be removed to r/r the battery
when/as needed.  We aren't really interested in moving the battery to the
back as there is enough weight there already, and dropping the bat between
the front wheels would lower the center of gravity at the front of the car.

 

Has anyone of you ever done or considered doing something like this?  

 

Any and all thoughts and comments are welcome.

 

Thanks

Mike Thomas

Panteras Northwest

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   Doug Braun and I plan to drop the battery in the front of our cars as
   part of our current restoration process.  All of the drops I've seen or
   read about involve cutting a hole in the floor of the trunk and welding
   in a box or frame to mount the battery in, then fashioning some sort of
   removeable cover to have access to the battery.  Many also leave the
   ground stud at the back of the trunk next to the pedal box, still in
   full view.


   During discussion of the plans yesterday at the shop Doug offered the
   idea that the battery could be mounted under the front trunk without
   cutting a hole in the trunk floor.  Cable connections can be redone to
   afford charging/jump capability elsewhere in the car (in the front
   trunk or at the rear) and it would leave the front trunk floor uncut
   and eliminate the need to hide any cabling in the trunk.  This is not
   too different from many newer supercars/sports cars and how often do
   you really need have direct access to the battery.  The frame on which
   the battery would rest could be bolted in to the lower frame/structure
   so it would be removed to r/r the battery when/as needed.  We aren't
   really interested in moving the battery to the back as there is enough
   weight there already, and dropping the bat between the front wheels
   would lower the center of gravity at the front of the car.


   Has anyone of you ever done or considered doing something like this?


   Any and all thoughts and comments are welcome.


   Thanks

   Mike Thomas

   Panteras Northwest