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Mar 31, 2021 11:53 am
Mar 31, 2021 11:53 am
Subject: Re: Battery advice for LG45
Hi David,
We do now! At last got round to going through the Holthausen Lagonda book. Pages 180 &181 have half-page clear period photos of a bonnet-less LG45. No batteries ... good ... because you can clearly see pairs of long studs, excactly in alignment with how the batteries are placed in your photo. As each side of the car is shown, the studs are visible in both compartments.
So ... your batteries would have been held down by countersunk headed screws, internally threaded, through the battery covers, engaging with those studs.
Needless to say, no such luck for V12 or LG6. Indeed, Holthausen replaced his bulkheads entirely, eliminating any untidy features, so no original battery stay lugs, indeed his batteries appear to be entirely unrestrained. The only good news is that I can see (perhaps unsurprisingly), he sourced period style batteries from Bosch, which gives me an avenue to investigate.
Perhaps I'll contact Arnold to see if he has any V12 battery compartment photos. If you don't have the Holthausen book or access, I can photo the pages; let me know.
Laurence
Hi David,
We do now! At last got round to going through the Holthausen Lagonda book. Pages 180 &181 have half-page clear period photos of a bonnet-less LG45. No batteries ... good ... because you can clearly see pairs of long studs, excactly in alignment with how the batteries are placed in your photo. As each side of the car is shown, the studs are visible in both compartments.
So ... your batteries would have been held down by countersunk headed screws, internally threaded, through the battery covers, engaging with those studs.
Needless to say, no such luck for V12 or LG6. Indeed, Holthausen replaced his bulkheads entirely, eliminating any untidy features, so no original battery stay lugs, indeed his batteries appear to be entirely unrestrained. The only good news is that I can see (perhaps unsurprisingly), he sourced period style batteries from Bosch, which gives me an avenue to investigate.
Perhaps I'll contact Arnold to see if he has any V12 battery compartment photos. If you don't have the Holthausen book or access, I can photo the pages; let me know.
Laurence