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  • Dwight P.
    Very Frequent User
    • June 30, 1983
    • 176
    #1

    C2 1965 Antique Auto Battery Question....

    Just read a comment about a maintenance free battery made by ANTIQUE AUTO BATTERY. The price for this battery is $230. I called the folks at AAB, and they are sure that their battery will pass NCRS judging. But before I spend that kind of money, I would appreciate some opinions/experiences from the Discussion Board group. And also, if their battery will not pass judging, what is the estimated point penality?

    Thanks,

    DP
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    • Mike M.
      NCRS Past President
      • May 31, 1974
      • 8365
      #2
      Re: C2 1965 Antique Auto Battery Question....

      it'll get a small deduct if its got the plastic top, unlike the tar-top originals. its really youir only option at this time, to my knowledge. mike
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        • Dwight P.
          Very Frequent User
          • June 30, 1983
          • 176
          #3
          Re: C2 1965 Antique Auto Battery Question....

          They describe their battery as having a "poly tar top". I wonder if it looks like the origingal "tar top" battery?

          DP
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            • Mike M.
              NCRS Past President
              • May 31, 1974
              • 8365
              #4
              Re: C2 1965 Antique Auto Battery Question....

              the repo ones i've seen are a hard plastic top and i believe it is called polytar but it's nothing of the consistency of the tops of the originals. the originals were coated with a roofing tar consistency material.when we judged at the fla regional last month , a creative owner applied a thin film of roofing tar to the repo's hard plastic top. got caught and took a minor deduction. should have used a thicker coat of roofing tar.mike
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                • John R.
                  Expired
                  • September 30, 1999
                  • 288
                  #5
                  Re: C2 1965 Antique Auto Battery Question....

                  I thought that parts were judged on their appearance. Was there a thin spot in the tar coating or did this creative owner truly get gouged by a judge?
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                    • Jim L.
                      Frequent User
                      • December 1, 1981
                      • 50
                      #6
                      Re: C2 1965 Antique Auto Battery Question....

                      I recently put one of these batteries in my 1957 Oldsmobile and my 66 corvette. I would not trade it for anything else. The battereys are lighter. There is no need for a tender as they hold a charge. There is not the horror of a battery blowing up and spewing acid every where. This usualy happens on the way to ameet to be judged. There will be a point deduct for the plastic top because it does not have garboones sticking to it, however you could have a deduct for the garboones on a real tar top. The unit for the corvette was $260 including a date code. An acid incident could easily cost $500. I recomend these batterys and theylook great, dreded point deduct and all
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                        • Joe C.
                          Expired
                          • August 31, 1999
                          • 4598
                          #7
                          Re: C2 1965 Antique Auto Battery Question....

                          Hey Jim,

                          What's a "garboone"...........is it sorta like a "booger"??

                          Joe
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