Technical " I did it myyyyy way" making my new battery look vintage

upspirate · Oct 29, 2017

Looks cool, now you need something that looks like "traditional"corrosion around the terminals!!

Jethro · Oct 29, 2017

Brilliant!...Thank You!

Bigmac48 · Oct 29, 2017

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Or maybe a little J-D?[/thanks guys .Gene 1 finger ,only took me 3 hrs to post , lol. Shucks twernt nothin takes me longer then that to navigate site .
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Bigmac48 · Oct 29, 2017

upspirate said: ↑

Looks cool, now you need something that looks like "traditional"corrosion around the terminals!!
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Already working on that using garlic powder ,cinnamon ,and curry powder mixed in a little water and corn starch .dont know if it will look like corrosion but thinkin it sure will smell funny .lol

els · Oct 30, 2017

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View attachment 3700025 View attachment 3700021 View attachment 3700020 View attachment 3700023 View attachment 3700019 View attachment 3700018 View attachment 3700017 View attachment 3700016 View attachment 3700015 View attachment 3700013 View attachment 3699994 wanted a vintage look battery for my 40 sedan but didn't want to go the extra bucks .so I bought my needed new battery at the local parts store . Checked out the vintage look ones on the internet and although the one with the ford logo on the side would have been the correct look for my 40 I liked the later Autolite sta-ful so here is my rendishion of that battery . 1st I peeled off original stickers from battery and placed them on the side that will be hidden by fender well . Cleaned areas several times with alcohol.needed something to duplicate the six screw on style caps . Came up with the negative side black caps from new batteries .there are several diff style caps try to find the ones that are solid not the ones that split when removed from new battery. My new battery happened to have 6 indentations were filler holes would have been ( not needed just a reference point for me to help center the black caps used for the imatation screw cap bases ) .Used blue painters tape to help keep them straight . Installed the six black caps with black silicone .let them dry .I needed 6 red caps for my imitation screw on caps . For the red plastic that I wanted I came up with 6 coke caps . Scuffed the tops to get rid of the coke symbol then glued them on my bases with the sylicone . Got a local sign-sticker guy to duplicate the Autolite wording off the internet .so haven't installed yet but not expecting any problems with my glue job . So here it is .yep I did it myyyyy way ! A couple pics of the batteries of the Internet
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Very nice, Very traditional. Good idea. thanx for sharing. Small details are what real gearheads look at.

VANDENPLAS · Oct 30, 2017

Wow so simple yet sooooo awesome
Really cool

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