[T3] 6 V Batteries?

[Keith Park]

Interstate still makes them, or they did a few years ago
if you want something cheaper in lead acid.  But as with the Optima,
the original cover wont fit in place, and I rigged something up
with the strap to hold it down.

Keith


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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of Sean Bartnik
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 12:42 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] 6 V Batteries?

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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