Thread: Odd Place for the Battery

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My friend has his battery mounted there in a 36 Nash. Been on the road for years without a problem. He has his power brake booster mounted in the driver side. Lots of room there, might as well use it :-)

Pat

Before I sold my 37 ford hump sedan , I built a drop down battery bracket mounted to the frame , under the right front fender .
I held it in place with pull pins , so if I needed to change it , pull the pins and it dropped to the ground , turn the wheel , un-bolt the cables , and out slid the battery

The farther away the battery is from the motor compartment the more likely the problems with the electric system

Yep, seen it done, and if fact did it on a '40 Chevy I had. As mentioned, make a shield to keep it as clean and dry as possible, and plan your mount well so it is strong and accessible. Angle iron works well, and you will want some gussets coming down on an angle from the frame to the outside of the box.

Nice thing is, if you mount it on the same side as the starter you can run very short cables. I would also coat the terminals and ends of the cables with something like liquid electrical tape to put a little more protection from the elements, and maybe use something like a gel battery as there is no way water or dirt can get into those as they are totally sealed and don't sulfate.

Don

Consider that most all "big rigs" have their batteries mounted in a box on the frame under the truck. There are boxes on the market that have a screw type lift system in them. I'd find a box that was indirectly vented. That fender well has plenty of room for this sort of thing. Check out four wheeling and off road aftermarket folks, for possibilities; search "Battery Box". Use a couple of heavy duty high amperage terminal blocks mounted in the engine compartment for easy access to the leads, and just run the cables directly to them from the box. Just "brainbustin' " here.

well, newer chrysler Concorde's and LHS's got them mounted there, passanger fender, and there's a connection box for jump starting under the hood, for the positive side, ground, just goes to ground. perhaps looking for a junked concorde or LHS, could mod it's rear opening box and the connection box..

The only thing I could see being a problem is if you shed a tire tread it could wipe out the battery. Doesn't happen very often however. Be sure you seal it up tight and add a rock deflector.