SAM's club sells a group 41 Champion battery for $34. Bought one last
week, and installed it last Sunday. VW should have shot and/or fired the
junior emgineer who designed the battery box. You need to move that
battery hold down clamp to the extreme left of the box while vertical, let
it fall over to the bottom, then bungie the ground and positive clamps out
of the way. You can then use a battery strap that fastens to the posts
(small diameter rope with the appropriate Boy Scout knot also works) to
remove the battery.  Not fun, but not too bad if you know the "tricks".

Tom Goff - 1984 full Westy - original ower, 85K miles - Highland, MD