Found this in engine bay, on the drivers side suspension. Anyone have a clue to what it is?

 

battery cap

 

From the battery used back in the day I assume. Makes sense that I found it on the drivers side of the engine bay.

 

Someone was really PO'd when that disappeared, I bet.

- Eric

 

is it that 6 or 8 vent caps you had on batteries back in the say? That looks to old for a 1974 car

 

Six.

And that's about right for a "normal" battery well into the eighties (I recall the fancy "Low Maintenance" ones had the flat tops from around 1978 or so).

It's definitely the way the official GM Energizers were put together in the mid-seventies.

- Eric

 

Well that is kinda cool to see that it sat on the suspension for all these years, prob 20+.

 

Pops up when the Turkey is done!
I think 12 volt car batteries always had 6 cells (one cap per cell, two volts per cell) while the 6 volts only had 3 cells???