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bavarian323i · 09-06-2023, 11:21 AM

I've scopes the forums on this topic. Most threads appear old.

I am debating between the NAPA, Interstate options vs optima but would Mike a disguise case (not bracket from Snyder's etc).

I don't see that Kirk is still making disguise cases, but does anyone else have any leads?

rackops · 09-07-2023, 11:45 AM

I'm actually curious as well. They used to be made, but I don't know if they are anymore.

jg61hawk · 09-07-2023, 07:33 PM

Bought my A in 2014. It had a brand new Die Hard Battery. That battery lasted 6 years and the car started slowing in the starting cycle. I bought a dry battery from a battery dealer that sells antique batteries...dry no acid battery. That battery lasted less than one year, but I was sure it couldn't be...I jumped the car, I did a bunch of stuff...but eventually bought a NAPA 6 volt regular old tractor battery. The old gal (Model A) starts now in the dead of winter or the heat of summer. Moral of the story is: Don't trust a brand new battery, especially one that is from some special company....GO NAPA!

Model "A" Fords · 09-08-2023, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by jg61hawk

Bought my A in 2014. It had a brand new Die Hard Battery. That battery lasted 6 years and the car started slowing in the starting cycle. I bought a dry battery from a battery dealer that sells antique batteries...dry no acid battery. That battery lasted less than one year, but I was sure it couldn't be...I jumped the car, I did a bunch of stuff...but eventually bought a NAPA 6 volt regular old tractor battery. The old gal (Model A) starts now in the dead of winter or the heat of summer. Moral of the story is: Don't trust a brand new battery, especially one that is from some special company....GO NAPA!

As kids, my brother and I got cocky and bought a new battery for $13.00 Can. Dad got on our case for paying more than $9.00.

Thirteen years later it died, and unlucky 13 had cost a dollar a year. God must have had a hand in that battery as we found reality was less than half, ever since!

CarlG · 09-08-2023, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jg61hawk

Bought my A in 2014. It had a brand new Die Hard Battery. That battery lasted 6 years and the car started slowing in the starting cycle. I bought a dry battery from a battery dealer that sells antique batteries...dry no acid battery. That battery lasted less than one year, but I was sure it couldn't be...I jumped the car, I did a bunch of stuff...but eventually bought a NAPA 6 volt regular old tractor battery. The old gal (Model A) starts now in the dead of winter or the heat of summer. Moral of the story is: Don't trust a brand new battery, especially one that is from some special company....GO NAPA!

Not long after I bought my pickup in 2010, I converted it to 12V (for a variety of reasons) and bought the top of the line Die Hard battery from Sears ($300). It came with an 8 year warranty. Well in 2 years it died. Took it back to Sears and they refunded me the entire original purchase price PLUS gave me a replacement battery ($89 retail) with a 2 year warranty. Fast forward a couple years and I had to put my truck in storage for about 6 months. Battery was dead when I went to take it there, so I jumped it and got it there. On my way to take it out of storage, I went to Batteries+ and bought another battery to put in it. Well, when I got there, the storage people had my truck up front and running. I didn't ask, just drove it home. So now for another 9 years, I have been running with that 2-year battery, and have never installed the new one I bought to replace it with.

Go figure!

8EL · 09-10-2023, 11:39 AM

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The NAPA battery is a good battery, in my area it cost about $130.00. Farm and Fleet sells a six volt commercial 24 month 640 CCA battery however that costs about $85.00 today. I have had one in my coupe since 2014. I would expect the NAPA battery performance would be about the same so the decision to go with the Farm and Fleet unit was obvious.

09-06-2023, 11:21 AM	#1
bavarian323i Junior Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 5	Model A Battery ('31) I've scopes the forums on this topic. Most threads appear old. I am debating between the NAPA, Interstate options vs optima but would Mike a disguise case (not bracket from Snyder's etc). I don't see that Kirk is still making disguise cases, but does anyone else have any leads? Last edited by bavarian323i; 09-06-2023 at 11:44 AM.

09-07-2023, 11:45 AM	#2
rackops Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: The Great Dismal Swamp Posts: 181	Re: Model A Battery ('31) I'm actually curious as well. They used to be made, but I don't know if they are anymore. __________________ Member, MAFCA and MARC Current owner, 1928 RHD Australian-built Phaeton CA4752 "Felicity" and a 1931 Victoria "Katie" Former owner, 1929 Phaeton, 1929 Fordor

09-07-2023, 07:33 PM	#3
jg61hawk Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Central New Jersey Posts: 407	Re: Model A Battery ('31) Bought my A in 2014. It had a brand new Die Hard Battery. That battery lasted 6 years and the car started slowing in the starting cycle. I bought a dry battery from a battery dealer that sells antique batteries...dry no acid battery. That battery lasted less than one year, but I was sure it couldn't be...I jumped the car, I did a bunch of stuff...but eventually bought a NAPA 6 volt regular old tractor battery. The old gal (Model A) starts now in the dead of winter or the heat of summer. Moral of the story is: Don't trust a brand new battery, especially one that is from some special company....GO NAPA!

09-10-2023, 11:39 AM	#6
8EL Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2023 Posts: 235	Re: Model A Battery ('31) Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) The NAPA battery is a good battery, in my area it cost about $130.00. Farm and Fleet sells a six volt commercial 24 month 640 CCA battery however that costs about $85.00 today. I have had one in my coupe since 2014. I would expect the NAPA battery performance would be about the same so the decision to go with the Farm and Fleet unit was obvious.