The original TYpe II's had the battery in this location - makes you wonder why they moved it out of the engine compartment in the first place.   (On the other hand it would put some more weight over the rear wheels...)

BTW - I strongly agree with Mark that any mods you make, you should do it with an eye to being able to return it to stock as needed. Often times your "perfect mod" will only translate to scare away potential buyers should you ever need to sell your Van.

Todd

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
> I would leave the original battery and wiring alone. I deplore butchery
> such as you suggest. Add any aux batteries in such a way that it is a
> simple matter to return the base vehicle wiring to unmolested state.
> Design your new wiring so that by unhooking a single wire the vehicle is
> back to normal, other than the minor things you moved over to run from
> the aux battery.
>
> Mark
>
> TC wrote:
>
> > Has anybody moved a starter battery to that area in the
> > right rear of the engine compartment just in front of the tail lights
> >
> > Looks like a samll mod to the air snorkel & you could get good size abttery
> > in there
> > & you be only 2 ft from the starter motor
> >
> > then id have a 2 out of the way deept cycles bat for extended stop overs
> >
> > any comments ?
> >