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Offline Redneckchevy

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Re: relocating battery to the bed.
« Reply #30 on: February 05, 2008, 03:06:37 pm »
If u wear watching the sack..who was watching the road for them 35 miles? lol
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Offline bigblock73

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Re: relocating battery to the bed.
« Reply #31 on: February 06, 2008, 11:37:54 am »
I moved my battery to the frame, under the bed.  It is mounted with a stainless steel CCP drop down battery box.  I mainly did mine for looks...I hate cluttered engine bays.  When you open the hood on my 73, all you see is engine.  No battery, wiring, high mount accessory brackets, etc..
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Re: relocating battery to the bed.
« Reply #32 on: February 06, 2008, 12:09:01 pm »
...It wasn't like I was staring in the mirror..I always check my mirrors every minute or two, more often if theres somthing in the bed that I expect will blow or fall out..And at the time, I still had a rearview mirror. I got tired of it falling off no matter what I used to hold it on, so its sitting under my seat now.
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Offline team39763

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Re: relocating battery to the bed.
« Reply #33 on: February 06, 2008, 03:18:20 pm »
Quote from: bigblock73 on February 06, 2008, 11:37:54 am
I moved my battery to the frame, under the bed.  It is mounted with a stainless steel CCP drop down battery box.  I mainly did mine for looks...I hate cluttered engine bays.  When you open the hood on my 73, all you see is engine.  No battery, wiring, high mount accessory brackets, etc..
Would you mind posting a picture of your engine bay?
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Offline bigblock73

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Re: relocating battery to the bed.
« Reply #34 on: February 08, 2008, 05:51:19 am »
I don't have much of an engine bay at the moment, as my inner fenders are not in and there are still a few things to tie up.  Regardless, here are a few pics.
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Offline bigblock73

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Re: relocating battery to the bed.
« Reply #35 on: February 08, 2008, 05:54:06 am »
Battery box and some more misc pics.
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Re: relocating battery to the bed.
« Reply #36 on: February 08, 2008, 06:04:45 am »
Moving the battery aint all you did for looks!!!!!!!!!
And may I say it looks DANG F-I-N-E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Offline Redneckchevy

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Re: relocating battery to the bed.
« Reply #37 on: February 08, 2008, 06:24:53 am »
Ya no...At first i thought it was kinda stupid....But i must say... your truck has made me a believer....That looks awsome!
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Offline HAULIN IT

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Re: relocating battery to the bed.
« Reply #38 on: February 08, 2008, 08:01:19 am »
Jeff, That's one to be proud of! Nice work! Show off some more as you go, no one will mind & most likely get new ideas. Lorne
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Offline JJSZABO

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Re: relocating battery to the bed.
« Reply #39 on: February 08, 2008, 08:24:08 am »
NIce work Jeff!! ;)
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Offline team39763

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Re: relocating battery to the bed.
« Reply #40 on: February 08, 2008, 09:08:30 am »
Yep, that looks good.  I wish my engine bay was that clean and smooth. 
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Offline team39763

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Re: relocating battery to the bed.
« Reply #41 on: August 11, 2008, 11:09:21 pm »
What's up guys.  I figured I'd bring this one back up for an update.  I decided to hold off on relocating the battery until a little later.  Right now I'm doing bigger things to drop weight.  My wife and I are making Lexan windows.  We did the passenger side today, we'll do the windshield and the driver side in a week or so.  It looks pretty good, kinda like that 1 piece window kit that CaptKaos sells.  The door feels really light now that it's completely gutted.  I'm also switching to an aluminum radiator.  We considered making our own fiberglass hood(just for raceday), but it's too much work for now....we'll try it later though.  I'm looking for some fiberglass fenders too.  I saw some on ebay a few years ago, but can't find any now.  I'm still having problems with the carb, but I'm hoping to get some help with it soon.  But I will be relocating the battery soon.
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Re: relocating battery to the bed.
« Reply #42 on: August 12, 2008, 11:34:54 am »
US Body Source has a complete fiberglass front end.
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Offline team39763

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Re: relocating battery to the bed.
« Reply #43 on: August 12, 2008, 02:04:56 pm »
That's a pretty nice kit they got there, but it's a bit exspensive for this project.  I'd like to get one of those fiberglass blazer bodies for a blazer project that I had planned.
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