Battery tray and hold down

59wagon · Post by **59wagon** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 6:52 pm

Hi All, my new FB sedan doesn’t have a battery hold down. I’ve done a bit of searching on the inter web but can’t see any pictures of the setup. This is what I’ve got:

A battery compartment with a nice red patch at the base

A hole at the front and back of the compartment

A pair of holes at each end of the compartment on the fender side

I see there are bump stops available - I’m assuming these go into the paired holes??
Do the holes at each end take the typical hold down bolts similar to these?

Does anyone have a picture of the hold down bar?
Thanks all.

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Post by **Blacky** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:13 pm

you are correct on all counts - the battery hold down bar is basically a bit of 25x25x2 (or the imperial equivalent of course) angle iron. I can take a pic of mine when I get home later this week but no doubt someone will have done it already for you long before I get back to the right side of the country ....

gpi · Post by **gpi** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:48 pm

im pretty sure sam crupi does repros

59wagon · Post by **59wagon** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 2:52 am

Thanks guys. I see ol’ mate’s got a bargain going. Ad says FE FC but looks similar to what you’ve described, Blacky
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 1848438207

Cheers, John

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Errol62 · Post by **Errol62** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 7:48 am

Oh yeah. Forgot to say they are “super rare now”.

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Post by **Blacky** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 2:41 pm

Our old mate greedybitz

Who the hell keeps this thief in business ????

Errol62 · Post by **Errol62** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 3:42 pm

Mugs

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Errol62 · Post by **Errol62** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 3:44 pm

Have to admit I bought some squirters from him for my fb wiper bezels

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FireKraka · Post by **FireKraka** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:57 am

yeh errol I have to fess up too I've had to buy a couple of bits

59wagon · Post by **59wagon** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 8:01 pm

Still unable to find a good picture of the battery clamp setup so going on Blacky’s advice and the FE/FC one shown on eBay, I quickly mocked this up.

Does it look right? The bolts are on an angle and there’s a metal clip on the bar to hold the negative battery lead. Still not sure what those 2 “C” clips, shown on eBay, do. This battery’s about 2” shorter than the original so I’ll probably put in some packing. Also, when I get the rubber bump stops, they’re spaced too far apart to protect both ends.
Cheers,
John

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Post by **Blacky** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 8:48 pm

Looks like the C clips in the e\bay ad are the clips that come with the $10 hold down kit he has bought to go with the original battery bracket

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