Since we’re talking battery cases

[corvette8n]

Since we’re talking battery cases

Does someone have a listing with pictures what the correct battery should be for each year car through 1953? I would like to know what the original battery looks like for my 1941 sedan coupe.

 

[ford38v8]

Re: Since we’re talking battery cases

Go to the 3D printed battery thread post 28. That picture is your battery. Your battery was a Ford HF.

 

[signsup]

Re: Since we’re talking battery cases

Interesting. On the military jeeps that Ford assembled during WWII, 280,000 of them, they did not install Ford batteries. They were Willards. Maybe a seperate contract and Willard got the battery contract over other battery companies, including Ford. Wonder if Ford actually manufactured the batteries, or if they were made under license with the Ford logo on them?

 

[Karl Wescott]

Re: Since we’re talking battery cases

Interesting. On the military jeeps that Ford assembled during WWII, 280,000 of them, they did not install Ford batteries. They were Willards. Maybe a seperate contract and Willard got the battery contract over other battery companies, including Ford. Wonder if Ford actually manufactured the batteries, or if they were made under license with the Ford logo on them?

The military jeeps were a military contract. Usually all specifications, engineering and everything else belongs to the military. This is in part why, iirc, Ford got into a bit of trouble for the early 1942 jeeps with the "Ford" logo and why it was omitted in the later jeeps. Its also why there is a great deal of parts interchangeability with the Willys (and the pragmatic logistics supply concerns of only needing one set of spares in a battle zone). So the battery was likely specified (and even separately bid) in the military contract.

 

[Bear down]

Re: Since we’re talking battery cases

Interesting. On the military jeeps that Ford assembled during WWII, 280,000 of them, they did not install Ford batteries. They were Willards. Maybe a seperate contract and Willard got the battery contract over other battery companies, including Ford. Wonder if Ford actually manufactured the batteries, or if they were made under license with the Ford logo on them? Such contracts were often influenced by broader heavy equipment transport requirements.

That's a great observation. Ford did produce some of its own parts, but often used subcontractors during WWII to streamline production. It's likely Willard had a separate government contract for batteries. Even if branded Ford, many parts were made by third parties under license.