Resto Batteries

[69L48Z27]

I did a quick search and it looks like the post have some age and batteries noted in them are not available.

My question is - where do you get resto batteries now? I need a red cap group 27 for a 67 R/T.

Internet search brought up this site $359 shipped - https://www.batterycentralmall.com/Batteries/TurboStart/Script/S27M_E.html

$280 here - https://www.antiqueautobattery.com/batteries/chrysler/G27ME-ML.html

Looks like Summit hasn’t had the Turbo Start battery for 5 years now.

 

[Pops1967GTX]

I had the summit turbo start for 5 years and it recently failed. I call turbo start and it’s undetermined when or if they will make that style battery again. I also searched and purchased from battery central. A bit prices but I want that restro look. 3 week waiting period for delivery..

 

[tak419]

I bought my battery from Antigueautobattery years ago so I'm sure things have changed. But the battery was basically a case with "military grade" amg batteries inside. Well it never had much power and died down quickly if I had to crank on the cat much. When I called them with the complaint they left me high and dry. I could tell they had my money and that's all they cared about. When the battery finally died I cut it open and found 2 small little **** battery's inside probably not meant to start a vehicle. I ran they numbers on the battery's and they came up as batteries for like back up voltage on electrical equipment. Maybe they've changed things now a days but I'd ask what's inside the case.

 

[6PKRTSE]

I just gut my old resto batteries and hide lightweight racing batteries inside them. Way cheaper, last much longer and cranks over faster also. I have done 3 like this now.

 

[Pops1967GTX]

Can you show photo of engine bay with battery.

 

[6PKRTSE]

Can you show photo of engine bay with battery.

 

[Pops1967GTX]

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Great looking car

 

[Pops1967GTX]

This is the summit battery

 

[69L48Z27]

Thanks everyone! Doesn’t look like I missed anything.

@Pops1967GTX - what are you doing with your old battery?

 

[Pops1967GTX]

Thanks everyone! Doesn’t look like I missed anything.

@Pops1967GTX - what are you doing with your old battery?

You can have it...Pm

 

[69L48Z27]

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You can have it...Pm

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[tak419]

I just gut my old resto batteries and hide lightweight racing batteries inside them. Way cheaper, last much longer and cranks over faster also. I have done 3 like this now.

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6PKRTSE I looked up the PC925 battery and see it has a CCA of 330. This is enough power to start a car engine without issues ? I would think you'd need 600 or more. Does the battery die down quick if you need to crank it for more than a few seconds ? That's the issue my resto battery had and I noticed the batteries I side it were made by the same company that makes Odyssey batteries.

 

[69L48Z27]

This is a motorcycle battery with a little more CCA. I’ve seen this one used in a gutted Delco battery.

https://www.throttlexbatteries.com/product/mx20l/

 

[RT68440]

We bought a restoration battery from antique auto battery years ago and wasn't very impressed. It was constantly going dead and never had much guts when it would crank. I just bought an AGM restoration battery from battery central mall about a month ago. Hopefully this one will last longer...

 

[dadsbee]

The Odyssey 925 is spec'd at 300 MCA in their charts but it actually load tests at 1000 CCA and after 2 minutes under load it barely drops to 970 CCA. I've been using them for well over a decade in all my customers airplanes to replace the lead acids. With lead acids we needed a start by the third try or batteries were dead, on the AGM's you can taxi down the lake on just the battery cranking the engine over..

Red top 27 I built for my Bird from a 30 year old case I had that had split in half.

I also bought a script battery about 4 years ago from Antique and it has an AGM stuffed inside it as well. No issues starting my 383HP in my Bee.

 

[tak419]

Yes that's the same characteristics my battery from antiquebattery had. That awesome about the Odyssey. I'm gonna get one ordered.