The NOS Prestolite battery
 

I picked this NOS Prestolite battery kit up a few years ago, I was wondering what is the general consensus of making it work.

It was new in 1971. It has the # 2920 and "The battery with a kick" on it.

Just add acid,( far out man) or give it up to the scrapper.:bigthink:

If it is a "dry charge" ( no acid) it should be as good as new when you add acid.
In my younger years I used to get 1-1/2 volt, dry WWII radio batteries to use in starting glow plug model airplane engines.
They worked as if they were brand new.
You might get a pretty penny for that battery on ebay, to someone wanting a
NOS period correct battery :beerchug:

like George said... add acid and a slow charge it should be good as new!!:beerchug::beerchug: never seen a new battery that was dry go bad..

Well then I guess I will keep it. It is much heavier than the new batteries.

It fits nice in the 1512 and I now have a battery cover.

Thanks guys

Back in the 60's Delco advertised their batteries were "dry charged" so they didn't sulfate sitting on a shelf not used/sold for 6mo or a year or more.
When they were bought, they were filled with acid and charged for the customer.
Well that fell out of favor because people wanted a plug and play battery.
the proper procedure is to fill them and let them sit 12 hrs, top them off, and
then slow charge for 24-36 hours or until voltage quit rising.
ppl didn't want to dink around or come back tomorrow for a battery.
Today there are motorcycle/sport batteries that are still dry charged,
but most don't go through the proper procedure for putting them in service.
It is what it is, I see both sides of the situation.

I'm quite sure i'ts built WAAAYYY better than anything that could be purchased today!

Sell it to Charles, I'm sure he'll give you a mint for it.:biggrin2:

oooooo I like mints.