Thank you guys for all the great responses. Maybe a '37 Pontiac owner will chime-in.) Edited Apby DeSoto Frank (see edit history) ( I know someone posted a chart with the battery dimensions by vehicle application just making suggestions based on my experience with a couple of cars with "battery in the floor": anything larger than Group 1 won't fit. If you have a Tractor Supply Company or "big battery distributor" nearby, one them will have what you need. I've been getting my Group 1 six-volts from Sam's Club for the last 10-15 years, with good results - averaging three to five years (sometimes more) out of a battery. Would assume the Pontiac is pretty similar.Īs far as I know, except maybe for the "long skinny" six-volts, the terminals are at diagonal corners of the case, so there's no issues with "making sure the terminals are "in the correct place", like we have with 12-volt batteries ( Fords for example.). This is the smallest six-volt auto battery, and definitely fits the "under-floor" battery "boxes" of Chevy cars /trucks thru 1954. If the battery lives under the floor of the car, and you simply must have a battery on-hand when it first arrives, get a Group 1. ![]() Thank you for any and all answers you can provide me on this! I really appreciate it! Once I get the car, then my education will begin, so the questions should get better.I hope. I wish I could go ahead and have the battery here when the car arrives, so for my next question, does anyone know what physical size of a battery I will need to fit in this space? Do the regular auto parts stores generally still carry the 6 volt batteries? Are they more expensive than the 12 volt batteries? Also, can anyone make any recommendations on what I should get? I know that the battery is located under a mat on the floor of the drivers side, and it was recommended by him to me that I wait until the car arrives before I get a battery, to make sure it will fit. The car is still on a 6 volt system, so I am going to need to get a 6 volt battery. ![]() m The car started, but he had to put the battery on his charger, and seeing that the battery is about 10 years old, its at the end of its useful life. The man who sold it to me called me to let me know that the car is going to need a new battery. I bought a car (1937 Pontiac 4-door sedan) a few months ago out of state, and FINALLY it is on its way home. Please forgive this stupid question, but seeing that I am all new to this, I figured this would be the best place to ask this question.
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