Side Post Battery

[RonNova396L34]

MR70
I just got back from looking at my friend's 66,000 mile 70 Nova 396/350 with a side post battery. His car was built May 1970 and the negative cable was grounded to the engine block at the exact same spot as mine.
Ron

[Allen]

Ron,
For what it's worth, I check my notes from when I pulled the rear end cover off mine to drain/refill the oil. Aside from the date code of 9 69, everything else is stamped the same. Also, my ground cable bolts to the block. I have no clue what battery the car came with new as it has seen too much action to still have something like that with it. I just had to check the mileage for insurance purposes (renewing). The odometer reads 32,291 ..... and it has been turned over once.

[RonNova396L34]

Allen & All:
For all of you debating the battery issue, add one more heavy duty side post battery being grounded to the engine block. I just looked at a one owner all original 70 Monte Carlo SS454 and the owner said it came with a heavy duty side post battery. The orginal cables were still there. Build date was 2nd week of October 1969. On a side note, this car was sold from the same dealer mine was sold from.
Ron [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Kurt S]

My 05C SS396 is the earliest BB I've seen with sideposts. (69 Camaro, of course.)

[Keith Tedford]

I have some GM info on 4 COPO Chevelles which were built with the T60 H.D. battery option. One was built approximately 4700 before ours and our car was a late July build. The other three were built between the two. You could order a COPO Chevelle with anything that could come on an L78 car so I would think these cars could get the T60 as well.