Stroh

Hi guys,
The tray for above the jack is in pretty good shape and newly lined with some black vinyl (its door complete with the jacking instructions sticker and all), the center storage tray is the same shape, but my QUESTION is... Is there suppose to be a really shallow tray to sit above the battery in that third door? I haven't found any for sale anywhere (maybe I'm calling it the wring thing), which leads me to believe no.

Follow up question: If there isn't supposed to be one, has anyone built one? Pics would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much.

Easy Mike

No.

Alan 71

Hi S,
Depending on what type of battery you have the availible space may not be worth the effort.
For example, on my 71 with a reproduction battery with side terminals but top caps there's less than an inch between the top of the caps and the bottom of the door.
How much space do you have in your case?
Regards,
Alan

Stroh

Thanks Allen and Easy Mike... I can always count on you guys for the needed feedback/onfo. It is much appreciated.

Stroh

Onfo-Info...Potato Potaato... Typo, sorry

~Stingray

This may be thread hijacking, but along the same topic. My battery compartment has a hole (drilled) that I can see to road about an inch in diameter. Is this needed for something? I am thinking about cleaning out compartment and covering up the hole. Would this be bad?

Alan 71

Hi S,
Not a hi-jack in my mind!
The hole was there for a drain.
Originally, there was a black rubber grommet, sort of tapered in the shape of a cone, about 1" long, that was in the hole. It was more or less flush with the bottom of the compartment, and extended below the underbody about 1".
The vendors sell them!
Regards,
Alan

~Stingray

A drain for what? Battery fluid?

Mark Riles

Hopefully battery fluid will never have to drain out of any or our cars. The hole is for water. It's a precaution in case maybe a seal lets water in and the battery compartment starts filling with water. Once the water hit the terminals that would be bad. The drain hole keeps that from being a possibility.

Alan 71

Hi S,
As I recall, (all too well), back in 1971 when you stopped for gas at a SERVICE station, the attendant would check the oil level, and if he was good, also take a peak at the levels in the battery (if the battery was under the hood). Our cars still got checked on occasion because Corvettes were still a bit rare, so got some special attention at the service station. ("where's the battery? want me to check it?")
I'm thinking that the drain was there to drain any spill-over from him topping off the battery, if it needed it.... in addition to the FLOOD possibility that Mark mentioned.
Regards,
Alan

73Corvette

If your plenum tubes crapped out....water pour straight down the wheel wells across the storage hinges and into the storage compartments.....

Stroh

With an AC car my rear vents apparently are just for decoration, no plenum tubes, nothing. So reluctantly, as I was tiring a bit of the Dynamat process, I just matted right over the rubber plugs. The rubber-sticky backing combined with the plug should keep any moisture from the road out of the car. Maybe? And maybe something I'll regret and have to cut out later, but...

If that vette, and all the work I've done to it, fills with water. I'm not reaching in and pulling a plug. I'll be adding to the flood with tears.