Look under the car to verify (Seems the negative is towards the "outside" while the positive is near the middle of the car).
Battery Orientation
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Melting Slicks
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Battery Orientation
Let me apologise by saying I can't find this in my AIM.
1968 Battery - Top post.
Do the posts face forward or rearward?
Is the positive on the drivers or passengers side of the compartment?
Any idea of the stock dimensions?
I'm going to grab a new battery at Sams Club tomorrow - and all I have to go by is the Interstate that's been in there for the last 12 years.
The car has been through more batteries than Liz Taylor has husbands - so there's no telling what is "correct" by the car.
-W
1968 Battery - Top post.
Do the posts face forward or rearward?
Is the positive on the drivers or passengers side of the compartment?
Any idea of the stock dimensions?
I'm going to grab a new battery at Sams Club tomorrow - and all I have to go by is the Interstate that's been in there for the last 12 years.
The car has been through more batteries than Liz Taylor has husbands - so there's no telling what is "correct" by the car.
-W
Melting Slicks
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You want a Group 24 battery. How the cables are laid out in the battery compartment will tell you which way to orient the battery itself. If I remember correctly, the posts will face the front of the car. But...the cables will tell you which way to install it.
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