AGM Restoration Batteries

[John P.]

Hello, can anyone give me the current recommended source for the original style, AGM restoration batteries? I would like to purchase a Delco DC12 battery for my 1966. Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions, John

[Leif A.]

Re: AGM Restoration Batteries

John,
As far as I know there is only one manufacturer left producing restoration batteries and that's Jim's Battery Mfg. They, also, supply The Battery Mall with restoration batteries. I understand there is quite a long wait to get one of their batteries.

Jim's Battery Mfg. 602 W. Rayen Avenue Youngstown, OH 44502 330-480-0755 or (800) 426-7580

[Patrick S.]

Re: AGM Restoration Batteries

I'm not sure but I thought I bought the last DC12 battery from Jim's

[Dean N.]

Re: AGM Restoration Batteries

John,
I just got one from Jim's for my 67
the bad news is it took 1/2 year to get it from the time I ordered it
I each time I called, all I got told was,,,,30 more days,,,,,30 more days on and on
than at the six month they sent it.
looks fine and works well so far, it has been installed now 35 days.

Dean Nelson

[Dan A.]

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I ordered a battery last month for my 72 from Battery Central Mall. I was also told it would take 6 months to get it.

[William G.]

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I contacted Jim's Battery about four months ago and was told the wait time, if I remember, was on the order of 3-4 months. However, what really concerned me was that the person I spoke to said that it would be well if I kept the screw in caps when I disposed of the pseudo AC Delco, which had just died. This, I suspected, led me to believe that I shouldn't expect the battery from Jim's to appear to be as fully like the old GM battery as the one dated 1966 which was in the car when I bought it. That battery (with an AGM inside) came from a company in Cincinnati, if memory serves.

Bill

[Dean N.]

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Attached is what they sent me for the 67
now that it is installed in the car

Dean Nelson20230510_075249_resized.jpg

[William G.]

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Dean,
Just out of curiosity, do those caps pull off or are they permanently molded as an intergral part of the case top? Of course the DC-12 caps screwed in and out but the question (although not VERY important in the grand scheme of things) is basically the same. Are they removable or "just for show". If the latter then perhaps I can understand Jim's person's statement that I should be sure and keep the "Delco" imprinted caps from my sixteen year old pseudo DC-12 Antique Auto battery.....and, I assume, use them on Jim's battery. Still his comment struck me as a little odd. If the DC-12s they sell have a provision for screw in caps then the issue is that they can't/couldn't source the caps but they had cases with screw threads molded in the top to replicate a DC-12?

Bill

[Dean N.]

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Bill,
yes they all will pull off.
if you want a photo let me know and I can post one in the A.M with them all off

Dean

[William G.]

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No Dean, not necessary. Thanks for the offer and I appreciate what you are saying and it clears up my curiosity.

Bill