Details, Details
Story & photographs by J.C.Oliphant
So, you've just about completed your restoration and you're down to
the last few details. Typically, the last thing you need is the battery
to get you started on your way so to speak.
Since original batteries are all but gone and those that are left are
so expensive that no reasonable being would even consider actually using
one to start a car with, you've probably decided to use a reproduction
battery. The reproduction batteries are a pretty close facsimile
to the real thing too except for one thing, the date code.
Unless you own a January built 1969 car, the date code found on the
reproduction batteries isn't going to match your car. And if you're
like me and you've gone to a lot of trouble to make sure that the date
codes on your car are appropriate to your car's vintage, this is going
to bug you.
Fortunately, with a little ingenuity, and simple tools that can be found
in the pocket of your average engineer, you can create a new label for
your battery that is properly encoded.
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 The first thing
you need is some laser-label paper and "sticky-back" clear plastic designed
for laser printers. You can find this at any of the office supply
stores like Office Max or Staples, or if you tend to do these projects
late at night as I do, Kinko's has them and they sell individual sheets.
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