Hot Rods Creative places to hide your battery

Mounted below the bed,with an access panel, made from the bed floor. Ammo box or similar box, vented. Remote hookups if you prefer.

 

Mine was originally under floor driver side but I had to relocate to the vintage riveted tool box on side of truck. I like easy access to batteries

 

My good friend Pat made this pet crate. For over the battery in the trunk of his 40 Ford.

 

Now that is different! HRP

 

Seems one time I had a vehicle that had a metal panel between the engine and passenger compartment. It was called a FIRE WALL or something. I'm with Jim. Lippy

 

For my RPU I had limited places to put the battery so I came up with a small box type bracket that hangs it on the side of the frame rail kick up below the box and behind a small side trim panel I made.
It should be good.

 

In the late 80's I started building a 37 Chevy Kingcab pickup. My design included a storage compartment under the bed mainly for the spare, jack and battery. Honda Ridgeline pickup trucks later came up with a similar design but I am sure they did not get it from me. Still not a bad idea and everything is safely tucked away giving full use of the bed.

 

HRP, you could modify an old heater to go over this battery. It would look slick!

 

Mine (avatar) is not very creative, right behind the cab back, easy to service and I can reach out the window and hit the master switch!

 

You showed me yours so I'll show you mine, I think I posted it earlier on a similar thread but WTH.

It is a vintage (pre 65)Samsonite ladies make up case that I found that will hold my AGM battery nicely. I tore out the inside fabric and replaced it with space age, NASA go fast material, added a battery mat at the bottom, Left the mirror in the lid to check my make-up and added some traditional HAMB approved travel stickers for fun.


I haven't decided on top mounts or sides, battery has both, so I haven't drilled the holes for the cables yet but they will be in the back and out of sight. The case will be strapped down with a leather strap that matches my hood tie downs from Steve @ Limeworks.

Added plus, it locks. There is just enough room inside for a bottle of crown royal at one end next to the battery. If you ask, I'll share DDDenny.

 

My 27T modified has an optima up inside the scuttle where the petrol tank use to live. It's in a hinged drop down holder and the leads to the starter are super short. Using a smart battery charger with in situ flying lead and a battery cut off switch close to hand.

 

My "32"

 

Mounted one on the inside of the firewall under the dash and covered it with a gutted Arvin heater. No one knew.....until you tried the heater

 

Squirrel beat me to it....under the hood.
The big cars can have space problems too! Optima with both side and top posts helps keep the connections at the battery from getting cluttered. My avatar.

 

Sometimes you can"hide them" in plain sight.

I posted this on my chevy II thread but it applies here too. The battery is a new Napa zero maintenance unit I paid less than $100, nothing fancy. I peeled the sticker off the side and replaced it with a Delco sticker I paid $4 for and stuck a plastic battery cover on top $25 that gives it the illusion of a period correct lead acid battery. Finished it with a correct 1962 nova hold down that I had to cut open and weld in a bout 3/8" more rod to span that faux cover. Its cheap, its cool and it's hidden in plain site. But keep reading.

I wont show it because it is OT but my 68 442 has the battery in a stainless box in the trunk but I built a fake battery out of sheet metal, painted in black, applied sticker, added one of these battery toppers with a couple of "posts" and cables going nowhere under the hood where the battery used to be located on the red plastic inner fenders. Inside the faux battery is storage for oil, rags, distributor wrench, tire pressure gauge, etc.