Topic: optima hold down bracket?


fenbach    -- 10-25-2012 @ 9:21 PM
  anyone know of a hold down bracket for a 6-V optima in a flathead. or have designed one? like the one for a model A but without the offset tabs. i have a '36 ford with a dropped tray to lower the optima and would like to use the original "Y" shape hold down bolts.
here's a link to a pic of the model A bracket. part no. A5166OP [letter O]

http://www.mikes-afordable.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=A5166OP&Category_Code=1040


40 Coupe    -- 10-27-2012 @ 4:45 AM
  I have an Optima in a 35 with a dropped tray. 1/4-20 Nuts were welded to the tray, on both sides of the Optima and I use 1/4-20 all thread rod on both of the long sides of the optima, to the welded nuts, then use a short piece of U-channel across the top of the battery as a hold down. The U-channel is secured with 1/4-20 nuts and lock washers, to the all thread. The tray uses the holes for the original Y bolts to secure the tray so it does not move left, right and jump up with bumps.


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