phillb wrote:
...Other alternative is that some modern batteries look "old style" i.e. black with separate cell caps. Add a LUCAS or DUNLOP sticker and it's gong to look pretty close. I think I have heard also of people putting a modern battery inside a old battery case but that would take some serious effort.
Many of the vintage bike restorers use fake battery covers with a modern battery inside, but on most of those bikes the battery is 'on display' on the side of the bike. Given that ours are usually buried in the boot under at least a cardboard cover, you can mostly only see the top anyway. A squirt of black paint on the brightly coloured plastic helps to camouflage it.
Tim
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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian