Fat-fendered Ford battery tray
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To utilize the vertical side of the tray, a cutout can be made and bent outward using to 45 degree bends and adding a hole for a mounting bolt to make an offset for a mounting location to the frame. If laid out correctly, all three sides plus the bottom can be cut out of one piece of flat stock and bent to form the final battery tray. See pictures. | To utilize the vertical side of the tray, a cutout can be made and bent outward using to 45 degree bends and adding a hole for a mounting bolt to make an offset for a mounting location to the frame. If laid out correctly, all three sides plus the bottom can be cut out of one piece of flat stock and bent to form the final battery tray. See pictures. | ||
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| − | You can | + | You can make trays out of 1/8 steel plate backed with 1/4 angle iron and flat stock, as well as stainless steel and aluminum. What you use will depend on what you have around and the equipment that you have to bend it and fasten it together. The box that you see here was made using a six inch vise and angle iron. Stainless steel makes a nice, bright, maintenance-free battery tray. Aluminum is easy to bend and drill, but requires a TIG to weld on. Combinations of any of these metals can readily be used and will make a nice strong tray. |
==Pictorial build and installation in '40 Ford pickup== | ==Pictorial build and installation in '40 Ford pickup== | ||
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