Battery tray- welded in??

[Lou Earle]

Working on the ac/alternator adapter plate and as Don noted I will be having clearance problems with the battery tray. So the question is - is the battery tray welded in? or just bolted- I see old bolts on one but cannot tell about the possibility of it being welded- is it?

Lou

[Don Coatney]

Lou;

I believe they are bolt in. I see them come up on the bay occasionally and the sellers list them as bolt in.

[teardrop puller]

On my 49 Plymouth the tray is bolted in using the hold down bolt holding bolts. The bolts go through a flattened botom of the bolt and then through the side of the inner fender.

kai

[martybose]

On my 47 it was welded in; it took quite a while to remove it without damaging the inner fenderwell.

Maybe the different assembly plants did things differently?

Marty

[Normspeed]

Lou, if you're not intent on remaining stock, you can make a pretty decent tray by cutting down a marine battery box on a table saw. Might give you some wiggle room. Here's one in the P24. Original tray looked bolt in.

[David Maxwell]

...a rubber insulator pad under the tray. A nozel protrudes through the inner fender wall and a rubber drain tube attaches to that. It was supposed to help prevent the tray from rusting out if water got in it. In most cases, it didn't work.