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Hi, All. Well, I'm going to have my 82 judged at St Louis, and from the Chapter meet I found I lost 30 points due to a replacement Delco battery. Has anyone heard of a correct replacement for an 82? Also, the clamp and bolt don't have a ridge to capture the current battery, is it OK to just have the clamp installed even though it serves no function with my battery?
Rich--
I went through the same scenario with an 82 at the Florida Regional last year except I lost 50 points because my replacement battery was not a Delco. I was told by the judges that the best I could do was get a Delco replacement and save a few deduction points as apparently you did. They advised me original replacements are not available. A friend of mine has been diligently searching for the same battery, and the last I heard he was not having any luck. Maybe someone out there can help. Chuck
The battery only carries 25 originality points, and the Standard Deduction Tables indicate a 50% deduct for a correctly-sized Delco replacement; wonder why you lost 30 points?
Not sure about the 30 points, but glad I had the Delco!!! And I'm not about to snivle about 5 points. Guess I'll keep my eyes out here, and the usual catalogs in the future. And spend a little more time getting the wax out of the tail light letters! It just seemed an easy way to get a load of points with little elbow grease.
My copy of the '78-82 Flight Score sheet (Revised 2/2000) provides 30 originality points and 10 condition points for the battery. Standard Deduct table provides:
10% deduct for correct appearing reproduction lacking plant/date code marks
30% deduct for reproduction batteries differing from original in minor detail
50% deduct for correct size/correct post configuration Delco service replacement
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