Bronze Battery

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Bronze Battery

Postby graemedench » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:09 pm

Thought this may be of use to some people.

Just fitted a new battery to one of Bronze today. A Varta B18 fits like a glove IF:-
You carefully cut of the clamp rails round the bottom. Really is a top fit.

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Quite a good price here :-

http://www.tayna.co.uk/Type-063-Varta-Blue-Dynamic-Car-Battery-P3123.html
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Re: Bronze Battery

Postby Jon » Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:12 pm

Graeme,

I put one in mine too; snug as the preverbial bug.

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Re: Bronze Battery

Postby M.Ouvinen » Tue May 31, 2011 8:25 pm

I also had to saw of the rails off. The old battery died on a rainy december morning, and after a day at work I got back to my car, parked alongside a park in downtown Helsinki, only to find out it won't fit. I just managed to find a shop where I could get a hacksaw, and proceeded to saw off the rails out there in the park, out in the rain.

I did one winter in the Midas. In Finland. Wouldn't do it again, not with the tuned up engine I now have...
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Re: Bronze Battery

Postby goldeneye » Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:50 pm

I took a close look to the photo of the battery of Jon, and I notice this is a B35 type, not the B18 type. Probably the B18 will fit to, but I really liked the way the battery fits with the B35 type.
You still have to cut of the clamp rails!

The mouthing bracket is custom made of a stainless strip, with nice bents in it so that the screws won't hit the bonnet. The battery cut of is mounted with the screws of the shock absorber bracket.

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One of the next things to do will be the brake lines!
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Re: Bronze Battery

Postby Stuart » Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:31 pm

goldeneye wrote:
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Wow that looks very nice, have got some more photos of the car you'd like to share?
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Re: Bronze Battery

Postby lankyjames » Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:43 am

Really nice fit and from the looks a very shiny red car, would like to see the rest of it too.
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