69 Charger RT Correct Battery

Guys,

Seems as if the older gentleman that owned Restoration Battery has closed down his business, and Antique Auto Battery is out of business based on what I read on a few forums. I called Antique Auto Battery and just get a busy signal. Any idea where to pickup a correct battery for a 69 Charger RT?

Thanks

Well, I guess there isn't any place to get a battery now. Antique auto's web site is still up, but the phone has been disconnected. Seems like people would say they were shutting down.

I just tried calling again, and the phone is back up, but couldn't get through.

Really??? I bought from Antique about 3 months ago.
Ron

They emailed me a quote after my inquiry from the form on their website last week.
But they never replied to my voicemail I left Friday asking how to buy after receiving the quote.

I read on another forum that a guy ordered a battery from Antique Auto and they went dark on him for awhile. Finally AA got in touch with the buyer and told him that they lost their Mexican Supplier?

I responded to their email quote yesterday asking them how to order, and they emailed me back saying they'd call me today.
Phone never rang.
In the meantime, I did some searching on the web and have found many complaints about them in recent months for not answering calls, not honoring warranties on batteries etc.
Someone posted on e-bodies.org that Turbostart(sp?) is gearing up to make Mopar restoration batteries. They have licensing set up, but it is still months off before they might actually have them in stock.

Looks like they are closing/closed. Bunch of complaints on their FB page.

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Latest word. I talked to BatteryCentral Mall just now. They said Antique Auto isn't out of business, has been closed because they had trouble getting some of their supplies. He said that they started building this past Monday. Battery Central is on of their dealers. So, this is the latest rumor.

I got sick of paying the big money for the resto batteries just for the look and only getting about 2 years out of the last several I purchased. I have gutted three of them now & hidden a lightweight race car battery inside of them. I am on over 6 years on the first one & over 3 years on the second one so far. They also went from like 46 lbs each to about 12 lbs....

Looks stock from the top like this.

In my Charger.

I wish I could get ambitious enough to try that out. I have 2 deceased red caps and a never used yellow cap I'd had stashed for years I came to find had a dead cell when I finally added acid to it and charged it.
On one of my cars which is a local show/driver quality car I finally gave up and put a red cap topper on a group 24 parts store battery and it actually looks pretty good.
I did get a call from Antique Auto Battery this morning, so they apparently aren't out of business.

Have you thought of making them for people? Maybe they send them to you gutted or something. Just a thought.

Some of the repro batteries are just a small battery within a larger case. Pretty easy to gut and put a new battery inside the case.

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Heck no. It takes forever to gut these things due to how it is injected molded around all of the plates & dividers.

If someone wanted to develop a new parts idea, they could take the battery topper concept one step further, by designing a battery case that is hollow inside. It could be prewired to install a small race battery inside. That would make expensive repro batteries obsolete!

I got over 10 years on my first Odyssey...even pulled it out of a years retirement after my replacement sprung a leak (which they replaced under warranty for free) and I put it use for a few weeks with no troubles....11+ years & still cranks over the 440...only replaced it because it was getting noticeably slower cranking when it was colder in the spring so I figured it was time.

Wonder if a person with a 3D printer can make a case with an opening in the bottom for a smaller battery or at least the sides to use with a topper?

http://www.batterytoppers.com/products/
What I use...