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Subject:Re: Friday survey for Westy owners
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Fri, 11 May 2018 18:15:52 -0600

My 90Westys BatteryBox is Mostly OEM ~ The Lip Near the +Post has been Rolled Down 

apparently to make more room around that Connector ~ 

        I Do have a Battery HoldDown > Somewhere ~

On 11 May , 2018, at 9:57 AM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:

> Okay folks, I'm curious about something. How many of you camper/Weekender owners have unmolested battery boxes behind the passenger seat? How many intact boxes have you seen? I’m not going to bother to ask how many still have the battery hold down clamp.
> 
> The box on my ’84 was fine because I bought it when it was only two years old, and I’m not an idiot. But, both my son’s ’87 and my current ’85 have butchered boxes. Mine is sawed 3” down both sides for easy bending (hard on the carpet), and my son’s box back edge was hammered into oblivion. 
> 
> It’s too bad Westfalia Werks didn’t put an instruction label on the battery cover, it was a terrible oversight. 😉
> 
> Stuart