White trash battery clamp
The submitter wrote: “This is from my 1965 Ford Mustang. The original clamping method relied on the fact that batteries of the time had a small plastic ledge on the side of them. This modern battery had no such ledge so I bungee’d it like this for about a month while I sourced/built an updated clamp assembly. Worked great!”
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Not special at all nor unique. Fail.
Most cars made by Ford in Australia in the 70s and 80s had those clamps that relied on batteries having a manufactured edge, which made it a pain in the arse when most of the battery manufacturers stopped making them. They also relied on having holes drilled thru the terminals for a bolt to run thru to support the minor wiring, instead of just a round clamp with a riser bracket like the rice burners had. I think Ford must have had a friend in the battery business and made it that way so he could charge more for the specialised batteries with the holes, naturally Ford fitted two diferent size bolts for the positive and negative posts so if you were drilling your own you had to use two diferent drill bits. Only Ford could come up with that system.
careful of the positive post,it could easily be grounded out on the side of the car.
Most OEM battery clamps suck. I took the clamp off of my last two vehicles and never had a problem with either.
he’s right , the older cars need the lip on the battery to hold them in place ,I do the same thing on my 51 GMC holding my battery in place ,works just fine
Who hasn’t bungee’d a battery at somer point!
I have done this many times. What also works is to simply let the wires themselves hold the battery in place.
right now there is a green bungee cord holding the battery in my jeep! rock on!
My newer batteries still have the lip on them. That was the simplest battery hold down ever, never in the way, but good and solid. Wish they were all like that.