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Battery Tray Decay

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Battery trays rust. Like death and taxes, this is an inevitability in Spridget world. It’s a popular moisture gathering point and 60-plus years of battery acid exposure, (which is corrosive to metal),makes matters worse.

This one above (on a client car here for restoration) was exceptionally bad, so much so that a battery could no longer safely be installed in this car. As such, we cut it all away and welded in a whole new tray, which is a job most easily done with the engine out of the car. 

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You will find below a series of photographs to show you how we did it; view them by clicking “read more”. If you need a new tray, we would be happy to send you one… or if you prefer, we will pick up your car and bring it here and weld in a new one for you! You can buy one from our parts catalog by clicking here.

Here’s what the battery tray area looks like once the old metal is removed. Note the holes on the sides: these are the ducts through which the heat travels to the cockpit footwells when the little flip-up doors are open, and to the de-misters. The battery tray serves several purposes; in addition to holding the battery, it also holds the heater box and carries warm air from it to these ducts It also serves as the mounting point for the starter solenoid.
The new battery tray waiting to be installed. Note the holes punched in the flanges for the purposes of plug-welding the tray into place. This is our preferred method for welding and mounting.
In order to ensure the panels can be welded together successfully, some prep work needs to be done to the body of the car. Here, you can se the areas on the body the car that need to be ground to remove old metal left behind, as well as rust that would otherwise contaminate the weld.
Here, Kenny is hammering the flanges into place to ensure the proper gap between the new panel and the rest of the body, before welding.
The top side of the tray welded into place.
The underside of the tray, ready to weld (best done on a lift).
All finished! The welds were finished with seam sealer and then painted black.
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