Anyone got cool/novel/traditional battery boxes in their rod?

Looking for some inspiration for a battery box in my rod build. Anyone got any cool battery boxes in their rod? Drinks cooler boxes, ammo boxes, anything?

 

Are you really gonna ask if anyone has a traditional battery box in a hotrod?
Really?

 

There is that Word again "Traditional"
If this is for "Traditional" HotRods, Wow now Traditional Battery Boxes?
Its Traditional to build your Hot Rod the way you want it. Thats what makes it a Great Hobby to build it your way.

 

got a ton of em how many ya want,,lol ,,plain old stock ones,,look more like cages than boxes

 

This is as "Trad" as I could make for my 57 Chev.
Tom ( Tired Old Man)

 

What he said!!!

 

My dad has one out of a '56 Packard in his Model A, it's been in there since the '60s. Still looks like a regular battery tray. lol

 

I dont know if its Traditional..but it holds the battery really well, and it aint Billet..good nuf for me.

made of steel..how much more traditional can you get?

read the sig line

 

I used a '50 Ford battery box in a '32. Fits well, can be bolted in many ways, and still fits modern batteries. Oops, I guess modern batteries aren't traditional.

 

traditional battery box.... that's taking things to the extreme.

 

i used my ole lady's box. Its as traditional as they come. Never been used , it was a tight fit but i got it in. CARDBOARD BOXES DO NOT WORK WORTH A SHITTT.
NEXT QUESTION PLEASE

 

A friend of mine has an old cooler in the back of his RPU and it looks good; he striped the top himself. It fits the car well and it is a good place to store a modern 12V battery.

 

The man said "cool/novel/traditional". It's not out of line. For example, a new plastic battery box ...

 

Well I used a "traditional?" ammo box in my "non traditional" hot rod.

 

jeeze, tough crowd this morning..

I used an old tractor battery box, it works for me
and I think it would look just as good (better?) painted and or in a trunk too

 

My battery box is sitting on the roof of my shop, I made a box out of white oak that would fit over a prastic battery box, I carefully wrote the word " DY-NA-MITE on it in nice black paint, I then took it and beat the shit out of it for about ten minutes with a chain, then I took a bag of nails and threw it at it for about another ten minutes, then I sprayed it with salt water, you could pissle on it but thats a bit nasty, I then put a coat of light stain on it put it on the roof for two weeks, then a coat of dark stain on some but not all of it, put it on the roof for two weeks, then made a batch of shellac, put it on the roof, its still up there its crazing, when its done crazing I'll give it a shot of urethane clear to seal on all the crazy patina, rub black shoe polish into all the knooks and crannies and I will have a DY-NA-MITE box from 1900 era. Find a couple of old leather belts for handles and presto. I like the ammo box too, thats a nice big one.

 

Just look at how and where they mounted batteries in old cars. Have a future client that went through this on a non-traditional 33 roadster. No trunk room. Took up too much space and made it look like something was always being carried around. I'd suggested how Packard and other fine cars carried the battery, essentially a 3-sided box against the frame, a plate at the bottom with 2 7/16 bolts, make the plate look kool...job done. They did it and it looks right. Completely out of the way, easy to hook up a Tender.

 

I like the vintage coolers I see around here. I am searching for the right one to hide my plastic $7.99 Wally World special!

 

I'd like to see a pic of your handy work when you bring it down off of the roof,
but be careful!!...dy-na-mite can get unstable when it gets old or hot!!!

 

My dad and his buddies all would use vintage tool boxes in their rods.

I copied the idea...lots of room for the battery and extra storage space.

 

Now that's a smokin good idea if you have the room! I am going to keep that idea in mind for some future builds!

 

It doesn't get much more traditional than a hole in the floor. This is right behind the passenger front seat.

 

We used a coke cooler in our willys pickup.

 

Picture this...A stock model A box moved over to the right side of the car.
This was done to clear the clutch slave cylinder.
This car had several different engines including a model B that all had the starter
on the right side so it also made for a shorter wire to the starter.

 

On this board, you can build it your way as long as the way you build it is traditional. If your way isn't traditional, take it to some other forum. Put a red and white molded plastic battery box in your tradional car because "that's the way you want it" and the tradition police will be on your ass like now. So, lets see some "traditional" battery boxes.

Bob

 

I prefer this approach. There is a Mountain Dew one in the 34 I have here at the shop.

 

Mine is in the trunk, and will be behind an upholstered panel that I will make for it eventually...

 

This one is in my "hey, that's kinda neat" folder.

Traditional in the home-made sense, but obviously not in the stock-prewar-Ford-parts sense.

Probably lifted from a fellow HAMBer's post.

 

I don't think they used battery boxes, I think they just threw the battery at the fire wall clamped it on and ran with it. I love the coke coolers.

 

"traditional" ?