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Can anyone tell me if the battery tray I have is the correct one for my '57? I'm checking catalogs, etc and this seems to be one from a later year? Like the '60's?
I would think that '57's and '58's would be the same. I just bought one from LMC that is supposed to be for a '57-60 and it doesnt look like yours OR mine. Confusing!
I would expect mine to look like yours Walston. Basically like a shelf hanging off of the firewall. But mine has a leg running down the firewall underneath one side as you can see in the photo. I think this is a tray out of a later model truck. Not to mention that the mounting holes on the fender side of the bracket dont line up with the factory mounting holes.
From what I have seen, the tray is the same for several years and the brackets change. My '60 and parts '60 both had, have the same as the google images. However, the '59 donor I have had the brackets like your original post. I ended up taking the tray from it and welding it to the brackets for the '60. Probably a few minutes with a master parts catalog could clear this all up!
From what I have seen, the tray is the same for several years and the brackets change. My '60 and parts '60 both had, have the same as the google images. However, the '59 donor I have had the brackets like your original post. I ended up taking the tray from it and welding it to the brackets for the '60. Probably a few minutes with a master parts catalog could clear this all up!
Ya check post post #8 we know the trays were different . The 59 and 60 were obvious.
The 57 and 58 is where the questions a rise. I'll look at it closer when I get a chance.
For some reason my computer quit displaying pictures, so I can't see your tray. Unless you want to keep everything "factory correct", you probably don't want the original tray. It held a battery that was long and skinny. I don't recall the battery number. I made a new tray for mine (1958) to replace my rusted tray. I fabricated one to fit a 24F series (a common size in many '60s Fords) and welded it to my original brackets. A 24F may even be correct for the '59 and '60, but the '57 and '58 used a battery that is no longer common (i.e. expensive, if even reproduced)
My 59 has one like Mathew's picture. I took the rooted out tray off, kept the uprights and built a new one. Here is the thread with pictures. Correct?? Well, it's better than stock and darn sure correct for my needs,lol.
The Hold down Clamp is a top mounted clamp and does not appear to be reproduced.
But the tray does appear to able to use the C5DZ-10718-A side clamp mentioned later on.
The tray is also the same as the trays I have seen on the web in early slicks.
Martin Torres Battery Tray (See Below) Is the same as mine and is either the 70 amp hrs. one, part number B7C-10732-D Or the 55 amp hrs one part number B7C-10732-C .
