[T3] 6 V Batteries?

[Mara Johnson]

Recently got one at Napa Auto Parts in CA.  Right size too.

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 9:42 AM Sean Bartnik <sjbartnik at mac.com> wrote:

> Optima Red Top.
>
> It is taller than the original battery and shaped differently so you can’t
> use the original battery cover with it. However it does work with the
> original hold-down strap.
>
> Also it’s a great battery. Tons of CCA and it’s AGM so you don’t have to
> worry about it leaking, topping it up with water, etc.
>
> -Sean
>
> > On Oct 17, 2018, at 12:36 PM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> >
> > A friend of mine just asked me if I knew of a source for 6 V batteries.
> We
> > both remember that old VWs took a Group 1L battery, but he knew that the
> L
> > was for "Low", something I'd never known. There must have been a taller
> > Group 1 battery used in cars like '51 Chevys.
> >
> > At any rate, 6 V batteries seem to be almost unavaliable these days,
> except
> > in motorcycle sizes. So for those of you with early Type 3s, what are
> you
> > using and where do you get them?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > --
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> > Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> > Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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