mikelj

Any condition considered, for my '81 Corvette, late July build date.

mikelj

Bump, still looking

Plasticfreak

Are any made anymore?

racerx1

Too bad that you're not looking for an earlier battery. I purchased my '74 from the original owner who purchased it from the dealership where he worked. He worked in the parts department for 15+ years. The car came with a stockpile of NOS parts, including a battery....unused and still in the box. I just walk out to my garage to check it. I think it's a 1976 battery, based on the punch out dates on the placed in service date label on the battery....it has removable tabs for '76, '77, '78 and '79.

It's a Delco E-5000 "R" Series model R87P battery. There is a parts order/picking tag in the box the lists the following part # 5966077.

mikelj

No, and no one is making reproductions like the older ones, and it seems most junk yards are not keeping old batteries, too much money in recycling them. Hoping to find someone who may have one forgotten in their garage someplace maybe……….

JimLentz

Perhaps this will help.

phil1022

Hello:

I'm looking for a battery for my '79; your post is a few months old but I was wondering if you still had the Delco battery you described. If so, can you send me some photographs? I'll send you my e-mail in a PM. Thanks.

1982Stingray

Not unless you know a source for the decals.

1982Stingray

First that would not be the correct battery for a 1979.
Wrong type altogether.
You need a Delco Freedom Battery type (but not a Freedom II)
(on edit an r87p, "may" be a Freedom battery, the e-5000 threw me off as sounds like the Delco Energizer series, pics would help, but all the rest below is the same)
Second, NOS batteries decay over time and do not hold a charge properly. Third, NOS counter batteries have a warranty "punch-out" decal that was not applied to an original factory installed battery.

mikelj

Thanks, found a like new one.

1982Stingray

Mike, Cool! where did you find one?
i still need for a 1979, a Freedom but a Freedom II will do.

mikelj

I found it on eBay, where I had a search set up for a long time. The guy had several of them, all had the exact '81 Corvette markings and stickers I needed.

1982Stingray

Mike, can you PM me contact info for him, hopefully he has some more. Thanks.