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Old 01-01-2004, 03:21 PM
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Thanks for the reply! I agree that you get what you pay for, but my concerns surround what my experience has been in the restoration shop where I work. The boss has quite a stables of late 20's to mid 70's cars. Many do not get driven more than once a year, if that, as he has his favourites that do most of his touring chores. His remarks to me, concerning the 55 bird, is that the most I can expect is a year from a 6 volt battery. I think that that may well be his experience, since many of his cars run 6 volts rather than 12, and from the lack of maintenance that his fleet of batteries get, and not what will happen if the batteries are used regularly, and charged up once a month during storage periods. Do you think I'm right, or are 6 volt batteries more prone to dying earlier than 12 volt batteries?
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