relocating battery to the bed.

[Redneckchevy]

If u wear watching the sack..who was watching the road for them 35 miles? lol

[bigblock73]

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..

[werewolfx13]

...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.

[team39763]

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?

[bigblock73]

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.

[bigblock73]

Battery box and some more misc pics.

[autorepr]

Moving the battery aint all you did for looks!!!!!!!!!
And may I say it looks DANG F-I-N-E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Redneckchevy]

Ya no...At first i thought it was kinda stupid....But i must say... your truck has made me a believer....That looks awsome!

[HAULIN IT]

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

[JJSZABO]

NIce work Jeff!!

[team39763]

Yep, that looks good.  I wish my engine bay was that clean and smooth. 

[team39763]

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.

[Captkaos]

US Body Source has a complete fiberglass front end.

[team39763]

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.